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

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

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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