Re: Backing up all files on hdd - dd'ing - boot
--- Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com> escribió: >
> > Again, good for normal backup procedures (it is what I use at home), but he
> > said he wants to ghost a failing drive. If you dd it, instead of tar'ing
> it,
> > you can also capture all the MBR and other stuff that will eliminate the
> > need to do any setup, just "plug and play."
>
> if the mbr and boot info is on /dev/hda1... than it might work
>
> some folks put boot info on /dev/hda ... so dd'ing /dev/hda1 will not
> make the new disk bootable
> might need to do:
>
Oops, I guess I overlooked that in my haste to type up the message. Perhaps
I should stop and think every once in a while? :-)
-Roberto
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