--- Trey Gruel
how would tar be able to do it if the source fs isn't mounted? i can understand dd, but doesn't tar need to look at the fs?
Sorry; boil that down to user error. :) Um, what I meant to say is that the filesystem should be mounted, but should not be live; there are lots of problems with using tar *or* dd on a live file system (the one that you've booted to and/or have locked files on). Start with a simple bootdisk like Tom's RtBt or the LinuxCare BBC, mount the filesystems temporarily in some place like /mnt/hda and /mnt/hdc or something like that. Do your tar, run lilo, and it'd be done right. ===== -- -=|JP|=- Hit me! - http://www.xanga.com/cowboydren/ Jon Pennington | Debian 2.3 -o) cowboydren @ yahoo . com | Auto Enthusiast /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | ICQ UIN 69 67 29 31 _\_V __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com