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Re: disk cloning with dd

by Werner Otto :: Rate this Message:

Norman Hooper wrote:

>Hi Alphonse
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>>Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another
>>(hdb) of the same size as follows:
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>># dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512
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>>Or will norton ghost do a better job? Btw, what advantages does ghost
>>have over dd or vice versa?
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>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.
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>Cheers,
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>Norman.
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Can one use dd on a mounted partition, if so will it clone the boot
partition aswell and good to boot from?

Regards
Werner

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