[nflug] Disk cloning

[David J. Andruczyk]

use a larger block size

dd if=/dev/hda of=file bs=32768 or go even as high as 1024k (1meg)


--- eric <eric at bootz.us> wrote:

> is this a fast (compressed) solution?
> I have been playing around with dd and ssh and it seems to take a
> very
> long time to back up compared to ghost ... and I wish that I
> could make
> dd or tar work just like ghost with the speed at which I can
> clone
> 
> 
> 
> 
> David J. Andruczyk wrote:
> 
> >Try mondo rescue..
> >setup another machine to act as an NFS server..
> >make a mondo CD,  boot that,  backup to NFS..
> >install new disk
> >restore via mondo from nfs share..
> >MAKE SURE IT BOOTS
> >then grow the FS using either gpartd, or windows disk
> >administrator.
> >
> >--- Richard Hubbard <rhubby at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I _think_ this is straightforward.
> >>
> >>Running out of room on my hard drive.  Got a new one, and now I
> >>need to clone old over to new.  Difficulties: 1) Running
> Winders
> >>XP / That's how I get the paycheck, sorry, 2) it's a laptop
> hard
> >>drive.
> >>
> >>Is Gparted live cd the right tool?  
> >>
> >>I tried it the other day, but the cloned version didn't boot.
> Was
> >>I forgetting something?  Was I using the wrong tool?
> >>Reeeely don't want to buy ghost for 1 drive cloning.
> >> 
> >>Richard Hubbard 
> >>Technology Solutions Inc
> >>
> >>
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