Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:18:20 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> To: Kent Ho <kent@graffiti.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fastest way to Transfer data from HD to HD? Message-ID: <376F54DC.1F08FA24@telspace.alcatel.fr> References: <19990622084853.2191.qmail@graffiti.net>
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Hello, If the disks are on the same machine, you can use dump and restore (which will work even if the two disks have different geometries : dd will not work). You can also use "tar -cvf - <existing dir> | (cd <new dir>; tar xf -)" TfH Kent Ho wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to transfer 6gigabyte worth of user account mainly for > mail purposes to a new bigger harddisk. What I want to know is > what is the fastest and safe way to copy the data across? I can > do standard cp but will it be faster to use dd instead. I don't > use dd much and cp seems slow on FreeBSD. There is a lot of sub > directories to copy. > > Recommendations and opinions welcome.. > > many thanks > > Kent > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr> (+33) 1 46 52 47 23 http://perso.cybercable.fr/herbelot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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