27 Jul
2010
27 Jul
'10
11:15 a.m.
From: Gordon Messmer yinyang@eburg.com
Well, no... If you're trying to do an *image*, you'll find that cpio can't write an image out to a block device. It's fairly easy to make dd as bandwidth efficient as clonezilla.
Maybe have a look at ddrescue, which handles errors a little bit better than plain dd...
JD