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   Hello Nigel!   
      
   30 Sep 2021 03:19, Nigel Reed wrote to Benny Pedersen:   
      
    >> 1Mbit/768Kbit, that was time. now my home fiber optical is 20000Mbit,    
    >> where was this cable when i had a need for it ?   
      
    NR> If your network connection is so fast, it would have been better to    
    NR> tar the files and copy or even use rsync over ssh.   
      
   with bzip2 its not that big, but yes its not convense to use big partions with   
   dd, but it got the job done without loosing any data from the old host with is   
   basicly good when one dont remember where the custom things is hidded from the   
   start, now i can find later without stay paying to linode for that vps   
      
    NR> If you use dd on a whole disk, your image will be that size. a dd of    
    NR> /dev/sda1   
       
    yes   
       
    NR> that is 10gb will leave you with a 10gb image.   
       
    the dd file can live be compressed while in transfer, so there is not need to   
   be transfered 10gb   
       
       
    Regards Benny   
      
   ... too late to die young :)   
      
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