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Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ4] Using dd to make backups



At 09:28 PM 02/04/03 -0500, you wrote:
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 20:38, William J.A. Brillinger wrote:
> Hi!
>
> What are the ramifications of using dd to make a duplicate of hda to hdb on
> a live RaQ4?
>

I have used dd to load new drives from a running system, then taken the dd'd
drive and installed it in another system, worked great!

Gerald

no concerns about data in a live database getting screwed?
ie: data at the beginning AND end of a file changing before the file has completed getting written to the other drive.

Or does dd lock files as it goes?

- Bill




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