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Re: [PLUG] disk to disk copy
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You don't want to use dd unless you are copying between 2 IDENTICAL
drives. By identical, I mean the same number of blocks. Not all 80GB
drives have exactly 76067775 blocks, for example.
The reason for this need for identical size is that dd will copy
everything, including the partition table. If you copy an 80GB drive
to a 160GB drive with dd, you will end up with a drive that thinks
it's 80GB in size, and the other 80GB will be inaccessible.
Carlos
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:10:01 -0400
From: gyoza@comcast.net
Reply-To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Subject: [PLUG] disk to disk copy
What is a good utility for copying a hard drive to a new, larger drive?
I just learned about partimage, but I don't want to waste time creating
an image. I'm looking for something that has a GUI and that does direct
copying. Does "dd" have any GUIs?
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