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if you use Linux or Unix on both drives simply run the modified command below in a console, it is explained how you modifie it below
Code:
cp -dprx /media/file-system-to-be-copied/ /media/file-system-to-copy-to
here is what the different letters mean
cp is copy
-d same as --no-dereference --preserve=links
-p same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps
-r, --recursive copy directories recursively /everything under that directory only a few . files may get lost
-x, --one-file-system stay on this file system
replace the paths to suit your needs
./media/file-system-to-be-copied/ and /media/file-system-to-copy-to are what I call the "paths" to the filesystems you want to copy, for you likely something like /media/sda1 and /media/sdb1
the drive is called (if scsi or sata) sda, sdb, sdc, sdd... or (If ATA IDE) hda, hdb, hdc...
the number is simply the partition number on that drive
you can see a list of the different drives and partitions by typing
in a console, that letter after fdisk - is lowercase, "L" by the way, not a capital "i".
when you know what they are called you can mount those drives (so you can copy or just list the files) by typing
Code:
sudo mount /media/sdXY
where X and Y is what you need to mount.
as it is two disks it should work flawlessly BUT! knoppix unionfs may make things complicated, I have had the command break things on two occasions when using knoppix, so I use a Debian install disk for this now.
the CP command will copy everything but some .files/directories (hidden files like configurations) if they are directly in the first directory, but those you can copy separately if needed by typing
Code:
cp -dprx /first/file-system/.* /second/file-system
hope I was of help, if not keep asking
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