On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, DJA wrote:
Richard Reynolds wrote:
I am sure I could spend the time to do dd and fdisk, etc, but dumb it
down and speed it up for me. :o) Hmm... can I put a second disk in the
system and do a dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb and will that get the boot
sectors, etc ? Is it that simple ?
best option is to use a seperate booting linux if you need one i like
insert its like 55mb then use dd_rescue it takes simpler parameters and is
faster, and handles drive errors better (not a great thing to be copying
dead data, but you can get lucky)
Translation [1]:
"[B]est option is to use a separate [sic] booting [L]inux if you need one.
[I] like [I]nsert. [I]t's like 55[MB]. [T]hen use "dd_rescue". [I]t takes
simpler parameters and is faster; and handles drive errors better (not a
great thing to be copying dead data, but you can get lucky)."
OK OK OK so how about
The best option is to use a separate booting Linux. If you need one, I like
INSERT.
I forgot to post a URL
http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html
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The rest was parse-able.
[1] Only because it took me three reads to figure out what was said. :-)
Richard Reynolds
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