Marc Shapiro wrote:
Finally: booting from a live CD and executing "dd if=A of=B"...is there any risk of lost of data or damage of the source hard disk (A) using the "dd" command ??? Because it's the firt time I need to clon an entire disk of a data base server with very critical data...I'm scared :(Alejandro wrote:How about booting from a live CD, and then issuing the dd command (after making sure that neither disk is mounted).Paul Johnson wrote:Dear Paul, just a last short question: suppose I have a hard disk A with Linux and I want to clon this disk (A) to a new hard disk B; is it possible to boot into single user from A and then execute "dd if=A of=B" ??http://wiki.ursine.ca/Top_postingIs it possible to use "dd" if I have to disks with the same size butdifferent models like this:Yes, it is. As long as the disks are the same size, the rest is justdetails.Or do I have to get another machine with a hard disk C with Linux and from here execute "dd if=A of=B" ???
Thanks again, alejandro.-