Thanks to all who replied. Since it's a block by block copy I A) don't need to clear the copy-to target first, right? B) It will get the boot and partition records, right?
David, when you say it doesn't work well on the disk you are running on, that's the disk I want to clone. What kind of problems might I expect? -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] -----Original Message----- From: David Boyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 3:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cloning i386 Hard Drives - Like DDR Comes with the system. The "dd" command. Just like DDR, it doesn't work very well on the disk you're running on, but anything else can be reliably copied. -- db David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Coffin Michael C > 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] >
