Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:56:09 +0100 From: Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no> To: Vincent Cojot <coyote@step.polymtl.ca> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AHAX94X/copying 2 drives. Message-ID: <199711141556.QAA18023@gilgamesj.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 14 Nov 1997 09:51:06 EST." <Pine.GSO.3.95.971114094306.17604A-100000@step.polymtl.ca>
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Vincent Cojot <coyote@step.polymtl.ca> tastet: > Technically speaking, what should be the best way to -copy- data > from the old drive to the new one? Is it generally a good idea to "dd > if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/sdd bs=512" (regardless of the actual number of > good/bad sectors?) or should I just recreate the partitions, mount them in > the correct trees and then "cp -dpRv /mnt1 to /mnt2"? Well, if the bad sectors are mapped out (hidden) as they should you need not concern yourself with _that_. If the drives have identical geometries there should be no problem. My next choice would be using dump/restore. It's faster than tar and cp... After that tar or cp. Nicolai
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