Craig wrote: >> Hmm... I'm looking at just this sort of a solution for a one-time >> mirror of my server. When FC2 comes out I want to try an upgrade >> (so I can keep all of my configuration in place), but want a >> fallback if something fails. I plan to get a drive which is the >> same make/model as the one I have now, so dd may be a good solution. >> The man page is not too helpful for me; is there a write-up toward >> which someone can point me? >> > --- > check out mondo > Thanks! I've used it before to create backup archives; I don't immediately see how it would easily create a duplicate hard drive (short of creating the backup files and restoring them to the new drive, and with 40Gb of data I'm concerned as to the space required), but I'll keep checking. -Don
