I'm not sure why but the ff. procedure worked for my mandrake 7.2 box:
raw /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/hda
raw /dev/raw/raw2 /dev/hdc
dd if=/dev/raw/raw1 of=/dev/raw/raw2
I'm not sure if other distros have the 'raw' command but maybe it would
work even if you used the std block devices.
On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Jeffrey Wong wrote:
>
> >>It took around 3 hours for a 10Gb IDE to replicate in one of my tests.
> >>Maybe something around that value?
>
>
> Is this using 'dd' ? I once tried to clone a 4GB HD(IDE), but it stops at
> 2GB.
>
> How did you make 'dd' exceed 2GB? what version of 'dd' are you using?
>
> I also tried to write my own 'dd' like program but it also stopped at 2GB,
> If I remember it right it is because that the Linux file system can only
> support upto 2GB per file. Has this limitation been removed?
>
>
> Jeffrey
>
_
Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph
To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
