Re: [PLUG] Copy Window harddrive using a Linux boot floppy?

Paul <paul@dpagin.net> · 2002年12月06日 18:25:58 -0500

Yes, xcopy is slow because it moves files and directories instead of 
just bits and bytes. But, I believe the original post mentioned using 
either a Linux boot disk or M$ DOS.
gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 04:51:44PM -0500, Paul wrote:

xcopy doesn't care about the size of the new drive, as long as it has 
sufficient space.

Perhaps this got lost in the shuffle, but the original question
really was "how do I do this from a Linux boot disk", *not* "what's
the best way to do this".
In any case, "best" is pretty relative. Even accounting for
resizing, I'd be willing to wager that a good dd implementation
(like, say, Schily's) is both more reliable and faster than xcopy.

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