I ended up doing a
cp -x -a / /mnt/new_root
The -x stops cp from copying files which are mounted on another file system.
The -a is for archiving. Its keeps permissions and dates of the files it original files. It also copies recursively.
It worked great. dd was taking way too long and I didn't really need all 60 gigs copied over.
Paul William wrote:
Hi all,
Is a simple dd: dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hdx capable of 'cloning' hdc into hdx? hdc is nearly dead so I will be getting a replacement tomorrow and I don't fell like reinstalling everything.
Cheers
Paul
