On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 07:34:12 +1000 "Michael D. Setzer II" <msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7 Sep 2018 at 15:54, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Date sent: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 15:54:59 -0500 > From: Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxx> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: OT: fastest way to copy one drive to another > Organization: Mailbox Ignored > Send reply to: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > On Fri, 7 Sep 2018 16:37:49 -0400 Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On 18-09-07 15:48:23, jdow wrote: > > > > > > > dd if=/dev/<drive1> of=/dev/<drive2> bs=1073741824 > > > > conv=sparse,noerror & pid=$! > > > > > > bs=1M > > > > > > > Btw, do the drives have to be unmounted? Just making sure. > > Drives should not be mounted at time, or changes could be made during the > copying process. > > The line for the cloning process in my g4l is like this. > dd bs=1M if=$clonesource 2>/dev/null |jetcat-mod -f 5000 -p $clonesize > 2>$progout |dd bs=1M of=$clonetarget 2>/dev/null & > > Uses a dialog script to set the variables, and then runs the copy command in > background. The foreground script takes the data written to the progout file > and displays a progress bar via dialog. > > Be very careful to make sure you copy the correct drive to the correct drive, > since if you get it wrong you loose it all. > Thanks! I just wanted to ask: dd bs=1M if=$clonesource 2>/dev/null |jetcat-mod -f 5000 -p $clonesize > 2>$progout |dd bs=1M of=$clonetarget 2>/dev/null & I guess that the $clonesource is /dev/sdb1 (in my case) and $clonetarget is /dev/sdc1 but what is $clonesize and $progout? Do I need more packages installed? What is the g4l utility? Many thanks again! Ranjan _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
