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Old 12-01-2004, 10:43 AM   #1
vanibhat
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Cloning boot disk using DD

Hello,

I would like to mirror my boot disk /dev/sda on to a new hard disk ( same size as the original) using the command " DD ". My linux version is AS2.4

Can someone point me the steps involved in it?

Is there any other command or tool to chieve the same??

Thanks,
Vani
 
Old 12-01-2004, 11:28 AM   #2
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Hi.

Just run 'dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/newdisk bs=16k'

The bs value adjusts how much data is read and written at a time, and this can affect the speed of the operation. I've found 16k to be about the optimum.

Dave
 
Old 12-01-2004, 02:25 PM   #3
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Thanks for the solution.

Vani
 
Old 12-01-2004, 03:35 PM   #4
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Add conv=sync so dd does not miss data.

Some filesystems come with a filesysem dump utility.

There is also Partimage from http://www.sysresccd.org which has similar features like Norton Ghost.
 
  


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