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Re: HDD clone



Thus spake Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com):

> dd will do the job for a precise binary copy.  This is overkill in the
> vast majority of circumstances, and slow as hell to boot (copying a
> healthy-sized disk could take most of a day or more).  Tar or
> incremental updates via rsync are far more appropriate.

Have a look at partimage as well.  Haven't used it much, but looks good. 

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