Michael, The dd command will do that. You need to be a little careful about disk geometry, but dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb
will attempt to copy every block from one device to the other. There are other options that allow you to specify blocksize (bs=) and the number of blocks (count=) to copy. man dd will give you all the details. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Coffin Michael C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cloning i386 Hard Drives - Like DDR Hi Folks, I have a slightly "off-topic" question. I'd like to be able to "clone" my i386 hard drives just like we DDR volumes on the mainframe (i.e. a complete block by block clone without regard for content), including boot sectors and such. Is there a way to do this using Linux (I know "Ghost" will do this, but I'm looking for something that runs on Linux while Linux is up and running). Appreciate any suggestions. :) -TIA Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room 6527 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20224 Voice: (202) 927-4188 FAX: (202) 622-3123 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
