Actually, there's a NetBSD-based Ghost-clone out there. http://rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de/~feyrer/g4u/
Take a look. It certainly sounds as if it'll do the job. Wesley Parish On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 01:14, you wrote: > thanks everyone for the suggestions. > > 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 -- Wesley Parish * * * Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish * * * Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
