On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:45:42 -0400, you wrote: >On Thursday 17 October 2002 10:55 pm, Steve Browne wrote: >... >> dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb >> >> This works for me on an ext2 system. Not sure about ext3 and the >> others. Warning: depending on your CPUs and drive sizes, the transfer >> can take a LONG time. Like, five hours. > >Have you tried increasing the buffer size? >Something like "dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=8M" >This should help, granted it won't do lots if you have 5400 RPM drive, with >ISA IDE and a 486.
I'll try that. Thanks. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras"
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