For duping drives or big partitions I usually use dd with a bs of 1M. Haven't tried it with ssh yet.
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:54:32AM -0600, John Van Essen wrote: > On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Antonio Arauzo Azofra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks to your message I did a new test, and it seems > > rsyncs allows this: > > > > rsync <file local or remote> /dev/hda9 > > > > I have hanged the device testing to overflow it, but it seems it works. > > (I haven't tested much yet) > > Just because rsync is such a great tool doesn't mean it's appropriate > for every copying task. > > Something like this is better suited: > > dd bs=16384 if=/dev/hda8 of=/dev/hda9 > > To copy between machines: > > dd bs=16384 if=/dev/hda8 | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] dd bs=16384 of=/dev/hda9 > > Disclaimer: I haven't actually tried the ssh trick, above. > > Also - a different block size (bs=) may be more efficient depending > on the device characteristics. > > John > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Internet Access, KB1IOJ | Hosting, and TCP-IP Networks for Midcoast Maine http://f64.nu/ | http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
