Re: Using dd to copy a disk.

[Alan Connor <alanconnor@earthlink.net>]

> From moseley@hank.org Mon Jul 28 15:32:16 2003
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 01:32:06PM -0700, Alan Connor wrote:
> > > From moseley@hank.org Mon Jul 28 13:31:19 2003
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Use cp -a . Dd is just a dumb parrot and knows nothing about filesystems.
> 
> Well, I think that's the reason to use dd.  I just want to clone the 
> drive and not have to partition the drive first.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moseley
> moseley@hank.org
> 
> 


I just remembered, Bill, that the bootfloppies I cloned with dd were


FORMATED


Alan



> 

-- 
       For Linux/Bash users: Eliminate spam from your life
       with the Mailbox-Sentry-Program. See the thread
       MSP on comp.mail.misc for the latest version.