`dd` to copy a HD to another one?
Well, it's fairly simple... I've got a ~80GB HD on which Linux is installed and I wan't to backup the whole thing to a ~200GB HD, since I intend to repartition the ~80GB HD.
So, is this possible with the `dd if=/dev/hde of=/dev/hdf` command (not just copying partitions, but instead - the whole Drive - including partition-tables!).
I tried already `cp -afv` to copy all the files, but after I compared the two Drives there were _way_ to many files that differed (in the content), so this is somehow my last resort.
I'm currently trying it out, but copying ~80GB of Data will take some time.
Maybe someone has some experience with this?
Can I boot Linux on the 200GB Drive (after changing /etc/fstab) - or do I have to do something else (I'm not really sure whether I don't have to change something with the partition-tables)?
I'm running RedHat 9.0 and `dd`-ing through the recovery disk - but I'm not really sure whether it's important in this matter.
Checked the ~200GB HD around 4 times for bad blocks -> didn't find anything.
Thanks & bye bye~,
MHOOO
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