[ale] moving partitions

[byron at cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)]

> 
> I need to move two partitions, / and /usr, from one
> physical drive to another.  Is there an easy way to do
> this?

'cp -a' is your friend. It'll copy links, sockets, fifos, and device files
intact. It'll retain ownership and timestamps. It basically clones a filesystem
to a new spot.

Check it out.

BAJ
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