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Re: lazy old guy asks question



Le vendredi 29 août 2025, 01:52:24 heure d’été d’Europe centrale mick.crane a écrit :

> If I've got 3 200Gb disks that are working and one 1 Tb disk and want to

> be able to copy and replace the 3 disks.

> Can I dd copy them to .isos on the 1 Tb disk then put them back on other

> disks so they boot?

> Copy them to 3 partitions on the 1 Tb disk and dd an individual

> partition to another disk and have it boot?

> mick


Hello Mick,


In short : yes.

But, there are better ways.


You should look at https://clonezilla.org/

It will copy just the used data, and be able to restore partition tables, boot loader...



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