rsync clone - ubuntu failure

[dave selby]

On 03/07/07, Cameron Hutchison <lists at xdna.net> wrote:
> dave selby wrote:
>
> >On 02/07/07, migmog <migmog at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> my /etc/fstab had uuid's instead of the more traditional /dev/hdaX
> >> style drive names. Could this be your problem?
> >>
>
> >I see where you are going but the clone was generated by rsync running
> >on a knoppix live CD with the OS hdd mounted RO. The clone should be
> >identical in all respects - and to the casual rummageing around it is
> >identical.
>
> That only makes the files identical. The filesystem itself contains the
> UUID and that is not copied by rsync, so they will be different. The
> UUID was generated when you ran mkfs on the partition on the new drive.
>

Ahhh I did not realise this ... thank you ... I will look into it. The
last time I did a rsync clone it worked but had /dev/hdax :)

Cheers

Will let you know how I get on

Dave


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