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Hi !

Try using the dd comand the sintax is

dd if=[input partition] of=[output partition]

with the DD you could copy an entire partition, and use the mkswap and 
swapon to recreate and enable the swap partitions

>Hi,
>I am setting up a raid array using the Software-RAID-HOWTO.
>
>In the section "Root Filesystem on RAID" he explains how to copy
>a working filesystem to a new raid array.
>The commands are:
>
>cd /
>find . -xdev | cpio -pm /mnt/newroot
>
>What is going on in that command?
>
>Does anyone else have a favorite command to do this function,
>which may be easier to remember? Why didn't he use dd?
>
>Thanks for any insight.
>
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