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On 9/01/01 at 9:45 Peter Peltonen wrote:
Duane Clark wrote:
Greg Wright wrote:
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
You will notice that the copy command he was using
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Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: Drive Imaging
Look in the archives for various answersbut
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
I'm using 6.2, I have a 10GB hard drive
Peter wrote:
Duane Clark wrote:
Greg Wright wrote:
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
You will notice that the copy command he was using specified raw devices
rather than a filesystem. In that case, cp
Duane Clark wrote:
Peter wrote:
Duane Clark wrote:
Greg Wright wrote:
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
You will notice that the copy command he was using specified raw devices
rather than a
Hi,
I'm using 6.2, I have a 10GB hard drive which is partitioned in half first 5
GB is / the other half is /home. The box is our server which i use for DNS,
Samba, Netatalk, Masq, printing...so for me alot of work went into setting
this up it runs perfectly :)
My question, is I want to upgrade
Look in the archives for various answersbut
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
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On 8/01/01 at 19:02 cmead wrote:
Hi,
I'm using 6.2, I have a 10GB hard drive which is
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Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: Drive Imaging
Look in the archives for various answersbut
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
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On 8/01/01 at 1
01 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: Drive Imaging
I was figuring that would be one way to do it however uing that method do
you believe all of the permissions would remain the same?
Does anyone else have an opinion?
Thanks for the response Greg : )
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From: "Greg Wright&qu
trouble is there any way that I could harm the first
drive by running this?
Thanx again bro i really appreciate it
CM
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From: "david" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: Drive Imaging
cp doesn't keep p
Greg Wright wrote:
Look in the archives for various answersbut
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
This would indeed copy the disk. But your new 40 GB disk would magically
become a 10 GB disk!, and the only way
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, cmead wrote:
Hi,
I'm using 6.2, I have a 10GB hard drive which is partitioned in half first 5
GB is / the other half is /home. The box is our server which i use for DNS,
Samba, Netatalk, Masq, printing...so for me alot of work went into setting
this up it runs perfectly
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From: "Duane Clark" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: Drive Imaging
Greg Wright wrote:
Look in the archives for various answersbut
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive s
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On Mon, 08 Jan 2001, cmead wrote:
I was figuring that would be one way to do it however uing that method do
you believe all of the permissions would remain the same?
Does anyone else have an opinion?
Thanks for the response Greg : )
cp -a would be a better option, I think... IIRC, teh
cmead wrote:
Greg Wright wrote:
Look in the archives for various answersbut
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
This would indeed copy the disk. But your new 40 GB disk would magically
become a 10
Duane Clark wrote:
cmead wrote:
Greg Wright wrote:
Look in the archives for various answersbut
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
This would indeed copy the disk. But your new 40 GB disk
Samuel Flory wrote:
In any event. Wouldn't it be easier to do a "cp -ax / /mnt/tmp"?
Sure you could use a complex tar or cpio command, but why?
opps should be "cp -ax / /home /mnt/tmp"
--
Solving people's computer problems always
requires more hardware be given to you.
(The Second Rule
not that you should believe me more than anyone else, but perhaps a "me
too" for cp -ax will help convince you it is all you need.
Sam's suggestion (the one below) will be your easiest and will work
flawlessly - been there done that.
charles
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Samuel Flory wrote:
Samuel
Linux Journal recently had a way to copy disks:
tar clf - . | ( umask 0; cd /dir/to/copy/to; tar xvf - )
c = create
l = stay on local file system (don't cross
filesystem boundaries)
f = file (the next argument is the
name of the tarfile or
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Gary Nielson wrote:
Linux Journal recently had a way to copy disks:
tar clf - . | ( umask 0; cd /dir/to/copy/to; tar xvf - )
[SNIP]
I tested it and it seemed to work great. What I am wondering is using this
with two identical drives on the same machine as a
Great guys thanks for all the suggestions. I'm goin to test on a similar box
soon in the next cpl days
CM
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From: "Gary Nielson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Redhat list" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: Drive Imag
Gary Nielson wrote:
Linux Journal recently had a way to copy disks:
tar clf - . | ( umask 0; cd /dir/to/copy/to; tar xvf - )
c = create
l = stay on local file system (don't cross
filesystem boundaries)
f = file (the next argument is the
Samuel Flory wrote:
Samuel Flory wrote:
In any event. Wouldn't it be easier to do a "cp -ax / /mnt/tmp"?
Sure you could use a complex tar or cpio command, but why?
opps should be "cp -ax / /home /mnt/tmp"
Yeh, one thing I occasionally grumble about with Unix/Linux (I'm a
recent
Duane Clark wrote:
Greg Wright wrote:
cp /dev/hdx /dev/hdx where x is a different drive should copy
everything, cannot comment on flaws though...
You will notice that the copy command he was using specified raw devices
rather than a filesystem. In that case, cp does in fact preserve
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