[geeks] Disk images

[Kurt Huhn]

On Tue, March 15, 2005 15:47, Atom said:
> Hey
>
> Does anybody know some "faster" way than 'dd' to create and restore disk
> images in unix or *bsd.
>
> I need to do a whole bunch of machines soon and don't want to wait 30+
> minutes * 600.
>

Faster than dd?  Whenever I need to dupe a drive, dd just screams right
through the bus.  I can't imagine anything faster unless you're talking
about a dedicate HD dupe machine - and then I can't imagine it being all
that much faster.

Whenever I use dd from one HD to another, I always nail the bus right to
the wall.  I can't imagine a faster way to do it.

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