Re: dump or dd image over multiple volumes

2002-02-18 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya thedore multiple ways to clone a disk for other pcs.. - from floppies - across the net - local disk on the other ide/scsi cable - ... - dont use dd/dump ... no point in copying ( dd'ing ) a 95% empty partition to the target i'd clone multiple machines thi

Re: dump or dd image over multiple volumes

2002-02-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 03:20:28PM -0500, Thedore Knab ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I want to create a dual boot machine for a student lab. > > Once I build the machine, I want to clone it using dd or dump. I'd strongly suggest using a file rather than device level tool. tar might be preferable

dump or dd image over multiple volumes

2002-02-18 Thread Thedore Knab
I want to create a dual boot machine for a student lab. Once I build the machine, I want to clone it using dd or dump. I was wondering if dd or dump could be used to created a bootable cd image of a hard drive with multiple mount points ? i.e. -- /mnt/sda1/boot /mnt/sda2/ (root) /mnt/sda