"Hugo Rabson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 
> In theory, I suppose I could make a carbon copy of the device ('cat /dev/hda
> | tar -cz > /dev/hdd/hda.tgz') but what if the destination hard drive has a
> different cylinder/sector configuration?
> 

No, that won't work at all.

1. /dev/hdd is a block device, not a directory.
2. if you cat /dev/hda, you cat the whole drive, from sector 0 to last sector.

Now what if you were a little more clear on what you want to do
exactly?
-- 
fg

# rm *;o
o: command not found

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