Re: disk cloning with dd
On Friday 06 May 2005 17:54, debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org
wrote:
> > Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another
> > (hdb) of the same size as follows:
> >
> > # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512
> >
> > Or will norton ghost do a better job? Btw, what advantages does ghost
> > have over dd or vice versa?
>
> If they're identical, I'm sure dd will work. Check out partimage too. It
> doesn't require identical drives, and works similarly to Norton Ghost.
Warning: Partimage insists upon the full destination disk size even though the
actual data only occupies a small fraction of the size and will fit easily on
the target. I did not try dd.
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