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Hi !

There is another method :)
Make the target partitions that have the same size and the same partition
letters of the source partiotions by /stand/sysinstall
Mount the target disk to /mountpoint
And use cp -Rp / /mountpoint

I use this method :) It is easier :)

Good luck

Viacheslav

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From: "Mario Theodoridis" <mario@houseofsites.net>
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Subject: Re: disk error / failure: need help! (smart failure predicted)


> > Hi !
> >
> > Does it need that the disks have the same geometry?
> >
> > Slava
> >
>
> i don't know about dd.
> As for dump, i've used it locally as well as remotely
> to back up entire partitions and as long as the target partition,
> which you need to format before hand, is big enough for the actual
> data, i've never had problems.
>
> For me this usually looks like this:
> [root@quack ~]#mount /dev/adwhatever /mountpoint
> [root@quack ~]#cd /mountpoint
> [root@quack /mountpoint]#dump 0f - / | restore -rf -
>
> hope it helps :)
>
> mario;>
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