AHAX94X/copying 2 drives.

[Nicolai Langfeldt]

Vincent Cojot <coyote at step.polymtl.ca> tastet:
> 	Technically speaking, what should be the best way to -copy- data
> from the old drive to the new one?  Is it generally a good idea to "dd
> if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/sdd bs=512"  (regardless of the actual number of
> good/bad sectors?) or should I just recreate the partitions, mount them in
> the correct trees and then "cp -dpRv /mnt1 to /mnt2"?

Well, if the bad sectors are mapped out (hidden) as they should you need
not concern yourself with _that_.  If the drives have identical geometries
there should be no problem.

My next choice would be using dump/restore.  It's faster than tar and cp...
After that tar or cp.

Nicolai