Michael: To avoid filesystem corruption, reboot your linux in Single mode (Linux (or your profile) S in the LILO boot prompt). This will start your linux with only the / fs mounted in RO. Make the dd to the destination disk in this mode, and all will work ok.
Guillermo Freige. Mensaje citado por: Coffin Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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] > > >
