The only concern that pops into my mind is that of open/locked files that
woudln't be able to copy - although this may be Windoze protocol seeping
into the civilized parts of my memory - so you might want to confirm that.
: )
It would probably be better to use some sort of disk mirroring program that
would work with your file system.
Joel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ahbaid Gaffoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "redhat list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 11:49 AM
Subject: Duplicating Hard Disk...
> Hi all,
>
> I have a RH box with an ide drive on /dev/hda
>
> I'd like to clone this drive...
>
> Question:
>
> Can I plug in another IDE drive as say /dev/hdb and run the following
> command to do the trick?
>
> dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 count=1
>
> If not, what's the best way? Assume the person doing this is an end user
> in another country (really is)... :)
>
> thanks,
>
> Ahbaid.
>
>
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