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Re: [SLE] copying block\character devices
- From: alexm@xxxxxxxxxxx (alex medvedev)
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 09:41:33 -0500 (CDT)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9910160939550.25970-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Chris Reeves wrote:
> i've been running a small linux on my laptop booted off a floppy.
> i now want to boot off my hard drive.
> i've copyied the floppy's entire filesystem across to the drive, all except the
> /dev directory.
>
> how can i copy that?
> i'm stuck now. is there any way to copy block and character devices?
try:
# tar -cvf - /dev | tar -xvf -
it will copy /dev and all files in it to the current directory
-alexm
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