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Old 08-28-2005, 03:47 PM   #1
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will "dd" do this


I am trying to move my win2003 server to a bigger hdd. Partition magic and norton ghost both won't work on this system (errors and such).

I had used dd in the past to move bios and file systems around on my ipod. Will this command do what I need for my server?

like:
power off and connect drives such that they are the only two in the system. Boot with Suse live cd. Use the dd command

What params will I use? How many blocks shall I tell it to move? Can I get the numbers from fdisk (do they represent the same size). What will the syntax look like?

Or, is there some other tool that will do the job (free)?

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Old 08-28-2005, 06:51 PM   #2
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dd will copy it to the exact same size, so probably isn't
what you need (unless you later on use a tool to extend
the partition to the full size of the drive). An alternative
would be to use partimage.


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