Barbie LeVile wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:35:54 +0000
> Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I'm trying to clone a bootable 36 GB disk to another identical 36 GB
>>in
>>single user mode.
>>
>>
>># touch /reconfigure
>># sync
>># sync
>># dd if=/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2 of=/dev/rdsk/c2t5d0s2
>>
>>and after 9 hours the dd command has still not finished, and from
>>what I
>>gather (not being by the machine), there is not much sign of any disk
>>activity. The disk are not antique models, so I am surprised that
>>after
>>9 hours this has not copied. It that to be expected? I know it copies
>>all the disk (even where there's no data), but am concerned it is
>>just
>>not going to work.
>>
>>
>
>
> Yes, very excessiv.
> 36 gig should not take more then half to an hour.
>
>
>
Thanks, I thought as much. Do the commands look OK? I realise you don't
know the exact controllers/scsi ID's of course.