Re: Is this an excissive time to copy a disk ? Greg Andrews wrote:
> Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> writes:
>
>># touch /reconfigure
>># sync
>># sync
>># dd if=/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2 of=/dev/rdsk/c2t5d0s2
>>
>
>
> Add the bs parameter to set the block size to a megabyte:
>
> dd if=/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2 of=/dev/rdsk/c2t5d0s2 bs=1024k
>
>
> 72GB disks took me about 40-45 minutes on the internal disks
> in a V440. Your speed will depend on the SCSI bus and the
> devices.
>
> -Greg
Thanks a lot. This is a V120. An hour or three I don't mind, but after 9
hours I thought something was wrong. It is still running, as I'm not in
a position to stop it, but it has not finished when my friend gets in
from work, he will restart it. |