Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-08 Thread Nacho
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 03:43:03PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > If it's exactly the same size, then yes. Keep in mind that you don't > copy files but the whole hard disk - including boot sectors and the > partition table. And, of course, if some of your data is already > corrupt, you are going to

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-07 Thread David Baron
On Friday 06 May 2005 17:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another > > (hdb) of the same size as follows: > > > > # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 > > > > Or will norton ghost do a better job? Btw, what advantages does ghost > > have o

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-07 Thread Mitchell Laks
On Friday 06 May 2005 09:07 am, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > Hi all, > Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another > (hdb) of the same size as follows: > > # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 should work > Or will norton ghost do a better job? Btw, what advantages does ghost

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-07 Thread Jochen Schulz
* Lee Braiden: > On Saturday 07 May 2005 09:53, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> Maybe that was a misnomer on my side. In Germany we always talk about >> "primary" and "secondary" controllers when we mean the two IDE >> connectors on standard mainboards. I think that's also how it's printed >> on the main

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-07 Thread Lee Braiden
On Saturday 07 May 2005 09:53, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Maybe that was a misnomer on my side. In Germany we always talk about > "primary" and "secondary" controllers when we mean the two IDE > connectors on standard mainboards. I think that's also how it's printed > on the mainboards themselves and i

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-07 Thread Jochen Schulz
* Scott Wolchok: > On 5/6/05, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> BTW: if I were you, I'd take the time to plug one of the drives on the >> secondary ide controller (if your machine has one). Copying between two >> IDE devices on the same controller is awfully slow. > > Don't you mean th

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-06 Thread Scott Wolchok
On 5/6/05, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Alphonse Ogulla: > > > > Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another > > (hdb) of the same size as follows: > > > > # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 > > If it's exactly the same size, then yes. Keep in mind that yo

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-06 Thread tomi (sent by Nabble.com)
Werner Otto wrote: Can one use dd on a mounted partition, if so will it clone the boot partition aswell and good to boot from? Don't use dd on a mounted partition. Any files that change while dd is running will end up corrupted on the new drive, and likely the filesystem itself will be corrupt

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-06 Thread Marty
David wrote: After a quick "cp --help", I see that it, too has a --one-file-system option, so no doubt you could use an identical strategy using "cp" as with "tar". If drives /dev/hda and /dev/hdb are identical models, then "cp /dev/hda /dev/hdb" works and insures an exact sector for secto

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-06 Thread David
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 04:07:17PM +0300, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > Hi all, > Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another > (hdb) of the same size as follows: > > # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 I'd prefer to go another route, any of which would require first creating

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-06 Thread Werner Otto
Norman Hooper wrote: Hi Alphonse Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another (hdb) of the same size as follows: # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 Or will norton ghost do a better job? Btw, what advantages does ghost have over dd or vice versa? If they're identical

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-06 Thread Jochen Schulz
* Alphonse Ogulla: > > Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another > (hdb) of the same size as follows: > > # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 If it's exactly the same size, then yes. Keep in mind that you don't copy files but the whole hard disk - including boot sectors

Re: disk cloning with dd

2005-05-06 Thread Norman Hooper
Hi Alphonse > Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another > (hdb) of the same size as follows: > > # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 > > Or will norton ghost do a better job? Btw, what advantages does ghost > have over dd or vice versa? If they're identical, I'm sure

disk cloning with dd

2005-05-06 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
Hi all, Can I simply use dd to clone my failing hard disk (hda) onto another (hdb) of the same size as follows: # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 Or will norton ghost do a better job? Btw, what advantages does ghost have over dd or vice versa? Thanks, Alphonse Ogulla Nairobi, Kenya.