On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 07:32:09PM +0800, Winelfred Pasamba wrote: > or just > > cat /dev/hda > /dev/hdc
Because it reads the partition as a stream, byte by byte. dd is made for reading block devices, and setting a large block size can dramatically increase performance. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
