/proc isn't a real folder but a view of the process/kernel status information. Just skip /proc, /sys and /dev when copying / -Ross ________________________________ From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of chloe K Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:11 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] can i copy /proc Hi all i am trying to copy this folder /proc to other computer but all parameter are gone how can I copy it? thank you ________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail - <http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/> ________________________________ Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane. ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080318/981712f7/attachment-0005.html>