Copy folders

codepoet · 05-11-2005, 03:01 AM

I'm new to linux so bear with me.
I have a pc with 2 hdd and running linux off a cd . How can I copy everything on one hard drive to another?

Tanc · 05-11-2005, 03:13 AM

Hi,

What kind of live cd is it ?

Pierre

codepoet · 05-11-2005, 02:07 PM

Koppix

trickykid · 05-11-2005, 02:13 PM

Easiest way is to use dd which stands for diskdump

Example:

dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb1

That would copy everything from hard drive hda1 to hdb1.. hda would be your first primary master drive and hdb would be your secondary master slave drive.. have I confused you even more now?

codepoet · 05-12-2005, 01:59 AM

Thanks I'm going to try it and get back to you on results