On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 06:26:43PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> Don't use `dd' - it won't work well if the two drives are not the
> same size. Partition and format the new drive using the standard
> tools, then use a `cpio' archive or `cpio' in copythrough mode to
> clone the filesystem. (RTFM `cpio'.)
The reason I was suggesting dd is that if you do things by copying the
filesystem you'll need to keep boot media handy as well since the
image disk won't have LILO installed. For other boot mechanisms that
may not be a problem.
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