On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:07:35 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: > The dd program knows nothing about partions but it will work with the > associated device file. I would use fdisk, mke2fs, and rsync.
I'd go with rsync too. It may well be slower than tar, but it can be interrupted and resumed. You can use dd for this, I have done so. As long as the new partitions are larger than the old ones, you'll end up with a small filesystem on a large partition, which you can then resize with the appropriate tool for the filesystem. I wouldn't chance dd'ing a whole drive unless they are identical, you could cause problems with the partition table. You should also note that dd is by far the slowest way of doing this, partimage is a much better tool for cloning partitions. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 39: Almost exactly
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