Re: HOWTO->dd an MBR onto a HD
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:47:20 -0500
Courtney Thomas <ccthomas@flash.net> wrote:
> I assume that since I've copied all the filesystems from another
> running HD onto a new HD, that if I copy over the MBR that then I'll
> be able to boot and run the new HD as well.
>
> How do I properly copy over the MBR without disturbing the filesystems
> ?
Assuming /dev/hda is the original drive, from which you're copying, and
/dev/hdb is the target drive which you're copying to, the command:
'dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 count=1' should work. I think. :)
Might want to let somebody else verify, because this isn't stuff you
want to fool around with, and my memory has been known to be worse than
a sieve.
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