copying root partition

["Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>]

Hmm, i seem to have a bad spot on the hard disk.  A really bad one :(

I get a message:


I can boot my emergency redhat partition without a problem (other than that it 
uses fvwm95, gives me a warped display, and the mail doesn't work :).  I have 
another 1G partition unused, and so I plan to transfer my root partition over.

I recall this coming up a couple of times, but don't recall where I filed it.

Is it 

  ( tar -clOp / ) | (tar -xp --same-owner /mountpoint)

?

or would dd be better

thanks

rick
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