On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Rick wrote:
>>how to do hardisk to hardisk copy via linux ? I want to copy the entire
>>DOS/win98 partition to another hardisk (B). Both hdd are different size .
>>
>>-lz
There has been talk of using "dd". This will not work because the two
partitions are not the same size. "dd" is just a literal copy utility, so it
will not make the necessary file system structure changes.
There has been talk of using "tar". While this will handle a partition size
change, it will still not work because "tar", being strictly a
UNIX-knowledgeable utility, will not capture the ARCJIVE, HIDDEN, and SYSTEM
attributes of the FAT file system.
There are two ways in which the job can be accurately done. The first is to
purchase a very good tool called PartitionMagic. The second is to use the
"mcopy" command of the Linux package "mtools". "mcopy" has all kinds of options
which enable you to do hierarchical copies, perserve timestamps, etc. If you
need any help to learn to use it, please let me know.
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