It should be faster with dd: dd if=/dev/sda7 of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1024 On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, steve rader wrote: > > From: steve rader > > - (cd /master; tar -cf - .) | (cd /slave; tar -xpf -) > > Btw, will this step go faster if I dd?? If so, what's > the correct way to copy, say, /dev/sda7 to /dev/sdb1? > (Assume both partition have the same size.) > > steve > - - - >
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