[Tfug] Cloning systems

[Claude Rubinson]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 02:13:06PM -0800, Bexley Hall wrote:
> My initial goal was to move a file hierarchy onto
> a new drive having a different size and geometry.
> I typically use tar to do this:
> 
> # #mount new filesystem hierarchy under /mnt
> # tar cpf - <names> | (cd /mnt; tar xpf - )
> 
> where "tar" is "/usr/local/bin/gtar" in this case
> (I never trust Solaris' tar(1) ).
> 
> Unfortunately, this messes the bed under Solaris
> since hard links aren't supported accross file 
> systems so you end up with /mnt/whatever linking
> to /whatever (no goodness there).

I've always used rsync to do this type of thing.  Will that work for
you?  It supports hard links.

Claude