On 13:49 10 Feb 2004, Jeff Lasman <blists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I'm using tar to move data between machines, but even though I've got | partitions at various mount points on the target machine (/boot, /var/ | /usr, /usr/local, home), the mounts are being ignored and the data is | being moved to the underlying / partition, which obviously fills up | quickly and results in nonusable drive. The filesystems _are_ actually mounted, yes? Not merely mentioned in the fstab? What does "df -lk" say? [...] | Here's the tar command I'm using (piped through SSH); it shows up | wrapped as two lines in the email but it's a one-line command. It was | given to my by someone else. | | <snip> | tar -c -f - /mnt/hda1/ 2>/ramdisk/error.log | ssh root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx tar | -C / -x -f - | </snip | | Is it right? Is it causing the problem? Can it cause the problem? That generates a tar file with paths starting "/mnt/hda1/blah...". If hda1 is supposed to be being copied onto / on the target system you want this: cd /mnt/hda1 tar cf - . | ssh root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 'cd / || exit 1; tar xf -' Does that do what you intend? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. - Ogden Nash -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
