Glynn, you said
If you use dd, ensure that the source partition is mounted
read-only, and that the target partition is unmounted.
Why? Can you explain. Thanks, Harold
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Glynn Clements wrote:
>
> Nicolas Moeri wrote:
>
> > I would like to duplicate a partition to have an exact copy in case where
> > my main partition crashes. What is the best way to do this in particular
> > to copy the special files.
>
> You can either copy the raw partition contents with dd, e.g.
>
> dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hda2
>
> or you can copy the directory structure with cp, e.g.
>
> cp -ax / /backup
>
> (where /backup is the mount point of the backup partition).
>
> NB: If you use dd, ensure that the source partition is mounted
> read-only, and that the target partition is unmounted.
>
> --
> Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
