Check out Mondo Archive . URL below. http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Toon Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 10:11:19 -0700 To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Bootable drive snapshot -- dd? > I want to make a full backup of the hard drive on a server. It will be > placed in an offsite test server. What is the best way to get a > duplicate copy (bootable and all..)? Is dd the solution (dd if=/dev/hda > of=/dev/hdb ??)? Can I do this while the server is still online? If > not, is there another solution that will provide the same results? > > Just an FYI, the server drive is 60GB with a standard RedHat 9 partition > scheme (/, /home, /usr, /boot, swap) -- I have a 40GB drive available to > copy the contents and utilize (currently there is ~16GB of data total). > > Joe > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss