HD Install :: How to clone a HD to pendrive

Hi folks,

I have DSL 2.2b running on a partition of the HD. I want to duplicate it on partition-1 of a pendrive which has 800Mb space more than sufficient to take up DSL2.2b. Since both partitions are of unequal space I can't use "dd" command to do the job. Therefore I tried using.

# cp -aR /mnt/hda5/8 /mnt/sda1/

Code Sample

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cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttyw6': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttyw7': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttyw8': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttyw9': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttywa': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttywb': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttywc': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttywd': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttywe': Operation not permitted
cp: cannot create special file `/mnt/sda1/dev/ttywf': Operation not permitted
...

I have to force-stop the process.

Is there a way to do the job. If YES, the what command line shall I use? TIA

Remark: the DSL on /dev/hda5 was not running. I ran a LiveCD to do the job.

B.R.
satimis

See this, quite related:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....80;st=0

original here.