[arch-general] how to migrate installs between hard drives?

[Jan de Groot]

On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 11:23 -0300, Will Siddall wrote:
> Just so everyone knows what I'm doing, here is what I'm doing:
> $ls -al ~ | tail -n 5
> -rw-r--r--   1 myusername users    222118 2008-11-28 10:23
> untitled.JPG
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 myusername users       172 2008-03-12 12:14 wmamp3
> drwxr-xr-x   4 myusername users      4096 2008-10-05 22:41 workspace
> -rw-r--r--   1 myusername users   1041452 2008-11-18 21:29
> xine-out.wav
> -rw-r--r--   1 myusername users         0 2009-07-21 21:18 zero.trf
> 
> $cp -a --preserve=all ~ /media/bigdrive/backups/
> $ls -al /media/bigdrive/backups | tail -n 5
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 root root    222118 2008-11-28 10:23 untitled.JPG
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 root root       172 2008-03-12 12:14 wmamp3
> drwxrwxrwx   4 root root      4096 2008-10-05 22:41 workspace
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 root root   1041452 2008-11-18 21:29 xine-out.wav
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 root root         0 2009-07-21 21:18 zero.trf
> 
> I've been using this stuff enough to know what's in the man pages and
> how to use google.  No matter what though, the output is the same
> whether I'm running it from within my Arch install or from a live cd
> like ubuntu.

What filesystem is the destination? You're aware of the fact that FAT32
doesn't support permissions and ownership?