[Nolug] Re: ext3 to ReiserFS

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:

That's sort of tailor made for tar, folks.
(cd /fromdir && tar cf - .) | (cd /todir && tar xpf -)

Wanna go to a remote temp disk?
( cd /fromdir && tar cf - . ) | ssh target_address "(cd /todir && tar xvpf - )"

Or a remote tar.gz file...
( cd /fromdir && tar czvf - . ) | ssh target_address "(cd /todir && cat - \
> remotefile.tgz )"

> On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 18:01, Alex wrote:
>> > When I say "copy", this might be more involved than "cp -R". I moved a
>> > partition once, and it wasn't fun. YMMV.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> cp -a (archive). see man page.
>>
>> Make sure the dot files make it through the transition.
>
> Hey, wait!
>
> How about:
> # cd / && mv home home.hold
> # umount /home
> # mkreiserfs /dev/hdaX
> # vi /etc/fstab
> # mount /home
> # mv home.hold home
>
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