cp -R /mnt/cdrom/* not coping the current CD

michaelf101 · 07-27-2003, 11:03 AM

I'm staging/coping a large install of about 30 CDs.

At first I was just doing a "cp -R /mnt/cdrom/* /stage/diskX

but even after swapping out the cd to the next cd, the copy would copy the CD that was in the drive.

Looks like it's being buffered and doesn't even know the CD got switched. How can I force it to see the switch? And still use the "cp" command. Any other ksh command is OK too.

It's a Redhat Advance Server 2.1 version.
Thx Mike

fancypiper · 07-27-2003, 11:18 AM

Have you tried piping it over with tar?

As root,

mount /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom
tar cf - . | (cd /stage/diskX && tar xBf -)
cd
eject

jailbait · 07-27-2003, 11:21 AM

The first CD is not being umounted before the second CD is copied.
Use the umount command before removing each CD.

If you are using the modern inconvenience called automount then you will have to let each CD sit idle long enough for automount to umount the CD before you remove it.

Proud · 07-27-2003, 11:21 AM

Unmount the cd and then mount the new one?