On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:34:46 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote:

> And shouldn't dd be a little faster for a full drive because there is no
> file system overhead, no seeking operations?

Only is the drive is really full, and if it's that full the filesystem
will be fragmented horribly and a cloned copy is the last thing you want.

If it's not full, dd will be slower in terms of computer time but faster
in operator time.


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