On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 11:42:19AM -0300, Marcello Mezzanotti wrote: > Thomas Guettler wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 11:17:08PM +1000, Bill wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > Can someone please tell me the easiest and safest way to > > > mirror > > > a Hard Drive, keeping all permissions, owner, groups etc. intact > > > > > > > man dd > > -- > > Thomas Guettler > > Office: <guettli_NoSpam_interface-business.de> www.interface-business.de > > Private:<guettli_NoSpam_gmx.de> http://yi.org/guettli > > (Replace _NoSpam_ with @) > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > what about rsync ?? >
Might not work for devices and such. Depends on what exactly you want to do. If it's a one time copy dd will probably be faster anyway. Nico -------------------------------------------------------- "It has been said that there are only two businesses refer to customers as users: illegal drug trade and the computer industry." -------------------------------------------------------- Nico De Ranter Sony Service Center (SDCE/DME-B) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]