Here's another reason to avoid dd'ing whole partitions: since it copies the actual file system, it forces the destination file system to be exactly the same size as the source.
In other words, if you dd a 2 gig file system into a 4 gig partition then you end up with a 2 gig file system (and thus 2 gig of disk space "disappears!") I now think Roger Oberholtzer is right: cd source; find . -depth -print0 | cpio --null -pvd destination appears to be the best choice for copying directory trees and file systems. steve - - - _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
