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Re:Cloning a Laptop over NVMe TCP by exceptione on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @08:02AM (#39678504)
> That said I didn't know about that Linux kernel module nvme-tcp. We learn new things every day :) I see that its utility is more for mounting a filesystem over a remote NVMe, rather than accessing it raw with dd.

Aside, I guess nvme-tcp would result in less writes as you only copy files in stead of writing the whole disk over?

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Re:Cloning a Laptop over NVMe TCP by NoahKAndrews on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @10:49AM (#39680203)
Not if you use it with dd, which will copy the blank space too
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Re:Cloning a Laptop over NVMe TCP by NoahKAndrews on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @10:49AM (#39680204)
Not if you use it with dd, which will copy the blank space too
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