Re: Bootable drive snapshot -- dd?

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----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph Toon <plug@geckohost.com>
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
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