cp weirdness on /dev

[Joel Hammer]

Yes. This is a file system problem.

If I mount Machine A's share using samba on machine B, and list the file
structure on Machine A, /dev doesn't display properly. It looks just like
what I am seeing with cp and tar.

SO, what gives?

The file structure on machine A is ext2 and no devfs. Machine B uses
reiserfs and devfs. Since only /dev is affected, I would bet on devfs.

I guess my "solution" will be to tar my files to backup on Machine A
and just transfer the tarred file to Machine B. A slight annoyance but
not bad.

Well, I can't waste anymore of my morning on this. Well, I did waste
the entire morning! Gotta get ready for the Big Turkey Pig Out. This
year I have decided to take no prisoners!

Joel





On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 12:29:59PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote:
> Oy. This isn't just cp.
> 
> I tried to tar this directory structure, thinking cp was the culprit. It
> wasn't. This command from machine B:
> tar -cPv /mnt/jhammer6/mnt/hdc1/Backup_jhammer6/ -f jhammer6.tar
>  
> results in the exact same problem in the dev directory as I saw with cp.
> 
> tar -tvf jhammer6.tar
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2000-02-17 11:36:12
> /mnt/jhammer6/mnt/hdc1/Backup_jhammer6/dev/cm206cd
> 
> -r-xr-xr-x root/root 835731456 2003-11-27 12:04:58
> /mnt/jhammer6/mnt/hdc1/Backup_jhammer6/dev/core
> 
> Note that /proc was copied, not just the link.
> 
> Now, I am using devfs on receiving machine, B. It would seem too weird
> if THAT were the problem.
> 
> If I tar this directory structure on machine A, it works as expected.
> 
> This doesn't seem like a samba issue. 
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
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