On 05/21/2010 02:32 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: [..] > Disk /dev/sdh: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdh1 1 91201 732572001 fd Linux raid autodetect > > These is a backuppc archive with millions of hardlinks that will take > forever to copy if I have to do a file-oriented copy onto a different > partition size. > > You can cheat. Remove partition 1 and use the *entire drive* as a RAID volume (no partition table at all). -- Benjamin Franz