Re: [PLUG] New Linux Machines and cloning?

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Stephen Gran wrote:

>On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 04:40:12PM -0500, Dan Roberts said:
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>>That should work I imagine..
>>Is there a way to say to linux to detach/reattach mirrors if need be?
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>If you're using software raid arrays, it's not that hard, mdadm has ways
>to do this.  The only thing I would be wary of is losing the boot sector
>- lilo and grub (last I checked) only write to the boot sector of the
>physical drive (e.g. hda) and not the logical drive.
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[real question, not rhetorical]:

If you install stuff on, say, hda, then phyiscally install hdb, then dd
hda -> hdb, would this not copy the boot sector and everything else?

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