On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 at 16:58 GMT, Gerard Ceraso penned: > I have a hard drive that is going bad so I want to copy it from the > old hard drive to the new one, same hd and everything. I was wondering > which was faster doing dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hda or mounting each > partition and and just using cp. > > ~gerard http://devslash.org >
I recommend using cp rather than dd because of what another poster mentioned, the size issue. If you do go the cp route, use 'cp -a', which will do nice things for you, like preserving symbolic links. -- monique Unless you need to share ultra-sensitive super-spy stuff with me, please don't email me directly. I will most likely see your post before I read your mail, anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
