Whiz2: yes, I meant you should mount it somewhere to /usr/local/, so you can see whether cp doesn't change drives Well i have to mount it anyway to cp don't I? Mount the destination drive below /usr/local/destination, and then look whether it keeps the attributes and doesn't hang in a loop I wouldn't know what to check for afterwards Nutshell42: no need to specify what files? and i guess i should do that from / ? (keep in mind that /media/hdc1 is my web server drive and i DON'T want that copied)Īnd -x prevents it from switching devicesĬp -rx -preserve=all /* /destination-dirĬp -rx -preserve=all /usr/local/* /destination-dir

I just wondered to need so much free space on disk Someone with problems using external usb storages with feisty? Kristjan_, rerun lsof looking for /dev/snd Linux system: yes, I did it once, look at the cp man page for features that keep the attributes How likely is it that the new partition will fail to boot? Whiz2: swap partition: you don't need to copy anything srv//5/#kubuntu.txt /srv//5/#kubuntu.txt nutshell42

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