On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Antonio Arauzo Azofra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks to your message I did a new test, and it seems
> rsyncs allows this:
>
> rsync <file local or remote> /dev/hda9
>
> I have hanged the device testing to overflow it, but it seems it works.
> (I haven't tested much yet)
Just because rsync is such a great tool doesn't mean it's appropriate
for every copying task.
Something like this is better suited:
dd bs=16384 if=/dev/hda8 of=/dev/hda9
To copy between machines:
dd bs=16384 if=/dev/hda8 | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] dd bs=16384 of=/dev/hda9
Disclaimer: I haven't actually tried the ssh trick, above.
Also - a different block size (bs=) may be more efficient depending
on the device characteristics.
John
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