matthew french mfrench42yahoocouk niall asked 60g data need copy one disk another however im sure best copy problem bulk data images image two directory entries ie hard link file copy using cp usual favourite find cpio pmd other_dir going copy file twice want dump restore would take care source filesystem wasnt reiserfs suggestions something like cd destdir tar c sourcedir cf tar xf tar cf pipe tar file stdout tar xf untar keep permissions links root keep owners tested though may need flags well matthew __________________________________________________ yahoo everything youll ever need one web page news sport email music charts httpukmyyahoocomm irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie fri 19 jul 2002 152226 0100 ilug copy files