yeah, so driving of the wrong side of the road, not impossible<br>but not recommended?<br><br><br><br><b><i>Robert McWilliam <rmcw@allmail.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:13:26 +0000 (GMT), "Lee Hughes"<br><toxicnaan@yahoo.co.uk> said:<br>> Sorry to jump down your throat on this issue, but your wrong.<br>> I guess it comes from the days I ran (and still do) run servers.<br><br>Saying that you can use dd to copy a mounted fs is not wrong. It can be<br>done. <br><br>Nobody has claimed it is a good idea if what you are after is a working<br>copy of the fs, and I even tried to explain why it's a bad idea. I think<br>explaining the pitfalls is far more useful than just telling people it<br>can't be done. As evidenced by Andrew doing it, telling geeks something<br>can't be done is a pretty good way to get them to try it
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