Hello, On Thu, 15 May 2008, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक ] wrote: > > how can we create an exact clone of LinuxOS installed on a HDD to another > > HDD...? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb > > There is no better utility than this for cloning as far as I know.
I think you are taking the original querent's "exact clone" too seriously! Using "dd" will copy every sector on the disk, whether used or not! This will take "forever" on a large enough disk. It may be better to use some sort of _file_ copying tool like "cp", "rsync", "cpio", "tar", "unison", ... Regards, Kapil. -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
