Re: root partition with xfs fails to boot correctly

[Tilman Sauerbeck <tilman.sauerbeck@xxxxxx>]

> When I used the copy of partition for migration, I discovered that the
> device special files were not correctly copied. I had to manually
> reconstruct this (some of it was not in MAKEDEV). I also found the
> better way to mirror was:
> find /SomeSource -print -xdev | cpio -pdm SomeDestination
> 
> That works with device special files. I know you said you were
> positive
> about the copy of partitions, but it sounds l

When I copy the contents of the copy back to the ext2 partition, I can
boot from it without any problems, so the data is okay.
btw: I used "cp -dpR * dest/"

Tilman