[TAG] (forw) Re: (forw) Re: (forw) Re: lpr works for user not root in Basiclinux 2.1

[Sindi Keesan]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Rick Moen wrote:

> Quoting Sindi Keesan (keesan at grex.cyberspace.org):
>
>> Is there something more suitable for copying 500-1000MB of files?
>
> "Copying Directory Trees" on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Admin/
>
>

Sindi Keesan

Thanks.  I will read this more carefully when it is not 2 am.

I have used dd to clone between two identical drives.  I experimented
with cloning partitions in order to copy Win98 and it created problems. 
(Windows would tell us the drive was full when it was not).

I have used tar -zcvf to copy files via a FAT-formatted USB flash drive 
without losing long file names.  Or to make one big copy of a file system 
that was small enough to fit into a DOS partition on an old laptop.  The 
gzipping takes a long time but might be worth it if you are copying via 
PLIP rather than ethernet.

I normally use cp without gzipping, on individual files or a .tar file, 
because the gzip takes longer than the file transfer on our older 
computers.

We do not have rsync, dump, or restore.  I met TAG in the first place 
because we also do not have modprobe or telinit.

Sindi