Peter Bachman on 17 Nov 2009 07:50:57 -0800 |
Thanks, good tip, I will try it on a few files and see how it works. Everything is connected to the same laptop right now, old 80g, current 320g, and backup drive. -pb On 11/17/2009 10:41 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Peter Bachman <peterb@cequs.com> wrote: > >> I have to exchange a failing laptop computer that originally had an >> 80gig HD in it. The old 80 g drive has data on it, and is mountable on >> ext3 since I put it in a usb case. >> >> The 320 G drive that I'm currently using is in the computer I'm >> returning, but will eventually go in the new computer, which I just >> got, (but that has it's own 150 g drive). I also have a backup drive >> which is standalone. >> >> What's the best way to go about this, the data is archival and I was >> going to store it on the backup drive. Should I just copy it, or DD, or >> try to clone it? >> > rsync -avz? > > ...Robert > > - > **Majordomo list services provided by PANIX <URL:http://www.panix.com>** > **To Unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe phl" to majordomo@lists.pm.org** > > > - **Majordomo list services provided by PANIX <URL:http://www.panix.com>** **To Unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe phl" to majordomo@lists.pm.org**
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