On Sunday 09 Nov 2003 10:02 pm, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 05:50:07 +0000 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > > On Monday 10 Nov 2003 5:23 am, Michael Noble wrote: > > > It has been a while since I last dd a disk drive (it is best to > > > make them the same type and size). Assuming that the old disk > > > is /dev/hda and the new disk is /dev/hdb the following command > > > should work: > > > > > > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb > > > > I've heard people recommend this before, but I'm not sure why > > this is better than cp -a ? I do remember that the last time I > > tried to copy a whole directory to a new partition I had some > > problems before I got it right, so I want to be clear before I > > start. > > > > > Then make the new disk /dev/hda and the system should boot. As > > > I said it has been a while and may have the basic command a > > > little off. But the original (noisy) drive will still be in > > > working order. > > > > > > If you have it, I have also heard that the latest Norton Ghost > > > will also work. > > > > This is really a much better way, but I don't have the latest > > Norton Ghost. My Drive Image is not the latest, either. Is > > there not a linux tool that tackles it in a similar way, rather > > than just copying files? > > Partition Image at http://www.partimage.org, they have a rescue cd > iso image that I use as a backup. I make the backups to another > drive, and then burn them to cd. > I'll look into that one. Thanks, Tim
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