rsync is bad

[Karl Larsen]

Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2008/6/8, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>:
>   
>> Bart Silverstrim wrote:
>>     
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>>     I hoped that rsync would result in a copy of the original but fails
>>>> to do so. It seems to do something to GTK+ which no-one including me,
>>>> has the first clue how to fix. I have had no luck with rsync so will
>>>> stop using it.
>>>>
>>>>     So I will back off to dd which I know works just fine. That will be
>>>> my next way to copy this Ubuntu 7.10 to another partition. Forget rsync
>>>> it has bad problems.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Um...what exactly did you *do* with rsync at the command line that it
>>> didn't work?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     I used this bash file to transfer the original to a USB hard drive:
>> karl at karl-desktop:~$ cat /root/bin/backup
>> # This file is designed to backup my Ubuntu to the USB Hard Drive using
>> rsync
>> # Karl Larsen, 26 Feb 08
>> rsync -av /boot /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /bin  /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /dev  /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /etc  /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /lib  /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /opt  /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /root /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /sbin /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /tmp /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /usr /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /var /media/disk/
>> rsync -av /initrd /media/disk/
>> karl at karl-desktop:~$
>>
>> Then I used this to to copy from the USB hard drive to /dev/hda7 at the
>> command line:
>>
>> $ sudo rsync -av /usr /mnt
>>
>> The /mnt is on the LiveCD and that is where I mounted /dev/hda7.
>>
>> It worked fine with zero errors.
>>
>> But when I used the backup on /dev/hda7 it errors out with a GDK+ problem.
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
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>>     
> I am also a beginner, like some others who replied to you, but if a copy of
> a tree doesn't work properly, it sounds to me that something is missing.
> Maybe there are som hidden files that you can't reach unless you are root?
> Have you tried the following?
>   
    I did use sudo and did all the rsync as root. There are people on 
this list who swear you do not need to be root. They are wrong.

> sudo rsync -av /boot /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /bin  /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /dev  /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /etc  /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /lib  /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /opt  /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /root /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /sbin /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /tmp /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /usr /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /var /media/disk/
> sudo rsync -av /initrd /media/disk/
>
> OK, never mind, I am probably far away from the truth here.
>
> Another thing I wonder is how you can mount something to a Live-CD. Is this
> really possible?
>   
    Yes try it. The LiveCD has a real / and it includes /mnt.
> OK again, of course it is, I really don't know anything useful in this case,
> but hopefully I COULD have inspired a bit to further troubleshooting…
>
>   
    Not really but glad to answer your questions.

Karl

> J.R.
>   


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