When you do a "dd" you don't have to go through the trouble of mounting and
unmounting the device. Of course if you are using "supermount" (which I
am not) this is irrelevant.
Richard
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: In article <4jd346$...@host-3.{*filter*}highway.net> the...@{*filter*}highway.net (The one what?) writes:
: >The question is, why should I use 'dd' instead of 'cp' when creating new
: >root/boot disks from image files or image files from diskettes?
: AFAIK there isn't a reason on Linux as such. I've been led to believe
: that on some Unicies using 'cp' to a raw device may not work
: properly. I personally use 'cp'.
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