Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > if of is the new target disk, it will wipe out your partition table of > your new disk ( bs=446 or bs=448 is better ) if you want to preserve > the partitions on the target disk
I'd never advocate if = source disk, of = destination disk with bs=512! That was in the BACKUP section, so that one could return to the status quo ante in case of shit | fan. Interesting point: what's in bytes 447 and 448? BR from SpamHog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]