Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 03:58:31PM -0700, Jerry57 (GMail) wrote: > >>Hello Rodrigo, >> >> Have you thought of trying g4u? It is free >> http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/g4u/ >> The main site is down for the moement (ISP problems from the looks >> of it). > > > After taking a look at both G4U and G4L, I noticed they are pretty much > frontends to DD. > > Closing a disk with DD is less than ideal, unless you have 2 identical > disks (including same partnumber), as I have found out after some tries. > You will get several geomery related problems, including a few that will > take days or months to bite you. > > Lets give a quick analysis of the other options: > > - - cp : You might get filesystem related problems. It will work, but > you might loose some data. Also, it has no way to copy filesystem > metadata. > > - - tar : Again, it works, but you might end up with the same problems > you had with cp, loosing some inode data. Again, no way to copy > filesystem metadata. > > - - dump/restore: This tools are based on the filesystem architecture. > There is no way to dump a whole disk, and you will need a different > dump implementation for each filesystem type. But if you are dumping > ext2/ext3 filesystem, or some other fs that has a dump implementation > for it (jfs comes to mind), this will provide you with the most > precise copy possible. If, on the other hand, you are using something > like raiserfs, you are out of luck (raisefs-dump is nothing more than > a wrapper around tar). Filesystem metadata is copied correctly. > > Of course, if you want to do a wholedisk copy (including MBR a > blank space), you will need DD, or that "forensic" mode for ghost. > > []s > > - -- > Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> precisely my point - the right tool for the job. -- Mark ----------------------------------------------------------- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2, 10.0 & RHEL 4