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Re: Copy entire /usr



On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Raven <raven@vp44.net> wrote:
> Before starting blindly cp'ing files, I would like to hear your advice
> on the process and if I have any chance of succeeding (or if you have
> another method that would work better)

Look into dd_rescue. Use it to make disk images like you would with
dd, but it won't take no for an answer when disk reads fail; it just
tries again.  This is probably the best way to ensure you aren't
copying over corrupted data.

-- 
Elijah
http://elijahr.blogspot.com/


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