[PLUG] Changing hardware but keeping system intact - hee hee that was fun

[Russ Johnson]

* Greg Long <plug at maneuveringspeed.com> [2002-10-30 18:10]:
> well, seems you can't move the /bin directory without losing several
> commands.  Same holds true with moving the /lib directory, though
> there's not an easy way to recover without booting into a rescue mode
> (easier to start anew with the "restoration)
> 
> So... rather than extract the .tgz's and then attempting to move the
> directories from the /bak folder I created to the / folder... I imagine
> I need to just extract them and overwrite at the same time... I can't
> see which options to do this with "tar --help".
> 
> It occurred to me that I should be able to just COPY the extracted
> directories on top of the existing ones with
> 
> 	cp -Rpdf /bak/lib /
> 
> The problem is there seems to still be countless overwrite prompts,
> unlike what would be expected with a -f option.
> 
> Suggestions?

Seems to me that the easiest thing to do would be to put the drive in
the source system, and then do the cpio I talked about earlier. 

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Russ Johnson
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