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From: campbelr@hpclove.HP.COM (Bob Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Copying disks
Message-ID: <3770046@hpclove.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Apr 90 21:22:01 GMT
References: <1990Apr4.180328.18281@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett Packard Calif. Language Lab
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dd works great if the partitions being copied are identical.

Why not use cpio to do the transfer.  With disks mounted at /new and /old:

cd /old
find . -depth -print | cpio -pxmdv /new

Check a man page near you for more information.
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