>From the command line, issue the following: dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc bs=1024
in the example above, make sure that /dev/hda and /dev/hdc correspond to the proper drives Also, I'd recommend installing hdparm (if it's not installed already) and then issuing the commands hdparm -d1 /dev/hda hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc to switch on DMA on both drives (this doesn't apply if your drives are scsi). You will save yourself *hours*, if not days (depending on disk size) by switching on dma. The other caveat here is that your target disk *must* be of the same size or larger than your source disk. Ian ------------ Dr Ian Firla Robert Graves Trust | "A partial count of the software available St John's College, Oxford | in just one noncommerical Linux system OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565 | would have cost about $1.9 billion to develop http://www.robertgraves.org | ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce Perens On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, omerfarooq wrote: > hi there > > can any one tell me how to make a copy of linux harddisk to another harddisk dito >copy. like how we are making it in windows enviroment that just plug the other hdd >and from windows copy and paste all the files to the other hdd. even it will copy the >system files. how can we do that in LINUX........ > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.417 / Virus Database: 233 - Release Date: 11/8/02 > _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
