Ralph Stickley wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the best way to copy a partition?
>
> I have a 13GB hard disk..If I use 'dd' to copy hda1 to hda2
> (both 2GB primary partitions), it takes about 20 minutes (approx. what
> I expected). If I copy hda1 to hda6 (2GB extended partition) it
> takes about 2 hours!
>
> Why is this so slow ?
Seek times and the inner part of the disk being the slowest.
> Are 'dd' copies made faster by using some of the dd parameters (like bs=32768
> IIRC) ?
>
not really...
> What's the best way to copy from partition to partition ?
>
If your partition is not close to full, then compiling NTFS-support into
your kernel and using tar will be much more effective (unless you play
around with ACL's).
>
> P.S. This is my backup for Windows NT drive, which crashes on a
> regular basis..imagine that :-o
>
Maybe HW defect?
Marc
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