From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:43:58 -0700 From: "Peter C. Norton" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm'ing root fs Message-ID: <20000410204358.C20168@lenin.nu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from marco.shaw@nbtel.nb.ca on Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 09:59:11PM -0300 Sender: owner-linux-lvm Errors-To: owner-linux-lvm List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Shaw, Marco" Cc: linux-lvm@msede.com You may want to do the following: cd /; find . -xdev -print | xargs tar -cf - | (cd /mnt/root_vg; tar -xf -) With gnu tar this should do everything you need. Files, directories, devices, etc. -Peter On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 09:59:11PM -0300, Shaw, Marco wrote: > I've created an init ramdisk (lvmcreate_initrd), and now I'm in the process > of trying to copy my root fs to my new lvm_root. To reduce the disk I/O, > I've gone down to single user mode to try to copy (cp -a *) all my files > from root to lvm_root. Twice I get the same results: > > # cd / > # cp -a * /mnt/root_vg > cp: /mnt/root_vg/proc/kcore_elf: Invalid argument > cp: proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/flush: Invalid argument > > This is all I see on my screen, then at some point, the copying stops, and > my system will not respond to keyboard input, except it will respond to > Alt-F1/4 to switch virtual terms, but still no keyboard input accepted. > > Should I tar/untar instead, or did I miss some fundamental step? > > Thanks, > Marco -- The 5 year plan: In five years we'll make up another plan. Or just re-use this one.