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dd cloning disks



Also on the 'bs' paramter. By default it uses 512bytes to copy/write.
Changing this to a higher number will speed up the process.

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Bob Keyes wrote:

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> 
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Bill Holt wrote:
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> > Hello everyone, I am cloning a multiboot disk to another, the size is 10gigs, I've been looking arround (googling) but I can't seem to find any documentation on how long this will take. 500mgh,128ram.
> > I have to leave work and I would like to know I left with a copy of my work.
> > Thanks for help!
> 
> Rought guess I'd say half an hour. But that depends on athe spped of the
> drive, not seek time but transfer...is this udma100?
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