Hi guys ! I trying to copy the partition table of /dev/sdd into the new hard disk (/dev/sdi) ... How do I go about in doing that ??

Thanks !!!!


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fdisk -l /dev/sdi

Disk /dev/sdi: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/sdi doesn't contain a valid partition table


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fdisk -l /dev/sdd

Disk /dev/sdd: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 249 2000000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdd2 * 250 2432 17529856 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdd3 2432 243202 1933983744 fd Linux raid autodetect

as root:
sfdisk --dump /dev/sdd | sfdump /dev/sdi

jlinkels

You could also use dd

dd if=/dev/sdd of=/dev/sdi bs=512 count=1

The OP only wanted the partition table - copying the entire MBR could have (serious) unintended consequences. And is bad practice anyway IMHO.
@jlinkels answer is (far) better, although I prefer to direct the output to a file for checking prior to feeding back in.

Plus, using dd to copy the first sector of the drive only includes the primary partition table. If there are any extended partitions on the drive, none of the logical partitions therein will be present on the destination drive.