On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 10:48:12AM +0200, Horror Vacui wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:45:17 -0700 (PDT) > Meph wrote: > > > > > > I'm rather scetchy on using dd, could someone help me out with > > it? > > I would, but I'm afraid I can't. I never had the chance to use it more > extensively, which is a pity - I'm quite interested in it, and I wonder > if for example one could use it to copy an entire HD to another one and > boot with it. Just on the morning of the day I quit my last job I was > about to try it out (with an OpenBSD machine), but the boss was quicker. > > Cheers > > -- > Horror Vacui The answer to that is yes---I've done it on a FreeBSD machine. I do remember it wasn't that easy to figure out the exact syntax to do it--I had it written down at work somewhere, if I can find it, I'll post it. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 D575 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Willow: Oz is a werewolf. Buffy: It's a long story. Oz: Got bit. Buffy: But obviously not that long. To unsubcribe send e-mail with the word unsubscribe in the body to: Linux-Anyway-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?body=unsubscribe