Hey, I'm actually copying from a 4GB to a 40GB partition, so I guess that won't work. Would tar or rsync be more suitable for this? Oh yeah, will it still be bootable if I use tar or rsync?
Thanks, Cameron Matheson On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:58:18PM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Cameron Matheson (on Sat, 12 May 2001 09:06:17PM -0600): > > I need to copy everything from hard drive to another. I'm assuming this is > > done w/ dd, but I need to be sure. Could someone give me an example of how > > to > > copy /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdb1? > > only if they are the same size partitions!!! otherwise use tar or > rsync! > > dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb1 bs=512k > > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > the web site you seek > cannot be located but > endless others exist. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
