We should point out that this method is only close to efficient when the
source disk is nearly full of data. This is because you're copying the
blank space too. Still, if you're happy to leave it running over a weekend
it's the easiest way to get the lot.
The other way if you're savvy and in a hurry is to manually use fdisk to
create the partitions, then mke2fs (or whatever fs you're using) the
partitions then mount & copy the files using cpio or something.
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Dave Airlie wrote:
>
> should be good enough at udma2/5, 5 relies on the 80-pin cable and I'd say
> the secondary i/f isn't udma5 capable..
>
> so it shouldn't take a major amount of time to copy a drive with those
> setings... (not sure exactly how long ...)
>
> Dave.
>
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Simon Males wrote:
>
> >
> > Dont know anything about *DMA stuff...
> >
> > /dev/hda
> > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
> >
> > /dev/hdc
> > DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
> > UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
> >
> > I guess "udma2" is bad?!
> >
> > --
> > Simon Males <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > No More AOL CDs Australia - www.anticd.org
> >
> > Dave Airlie wrote:
> > > Check that you have DMA switched on both drivers with hdparm ..
> > >
> > > otherwise this could take a long time :-)
> > >
> > > Dave.
> > >
> >
>
>
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