Re: dd command can't get the same uuid

2012-08-06 Thread Camaleón
El 2012-08-05 a las 17:47 -0700, Fnzh Xx escribió: (sending back to the list) > On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 02:28:22 -0700, Fnzh Xx wrote: > > (please, no html posts, thanks) > > > root@debian:/home/tiger# dd  if=/dev/sda  of=/dev/sdb  bs=10240k > > 11447+1 records in > > 11447+1 records out > > 12003

Re: dd command can't get the same uuid

2012-08-06 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Fnzh Xx wrote: >> >> root@debian:/home/tiger# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=10240k >> 11447+1 records in >> 11447+1 records out >> 120034123776 bytes (120 GB) copied, 4729.59 s, 25.4 MB/s >> root@debian:/home/tiger# blkid >> ... >> why /dev/s

Re: dd command can't get the same uuid

2012-08-06 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Montag, 6. August 2012 schrieb Bob Proulx: > Fnzh Xx wrote: > > root@debian:/home/tiger# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=10240k > > 11447+1 records in > > 11447+1 records out > > 120034123776 bytes (120 GB) copied, 4729.59 s, 25.4 MB/s > > root@debian:/home/tiger# blkid > > ... > > why /dev/sda

Re: dd command can't get the same uuid

2012-08-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Fnzh Xx wrote: > root@debian:/home/tiger# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=10240k > 11447+1 records in > 11447+1 records out > 120034123776 bytes (120 GB) copied, 4729.59 s, 25.4 MB/s > root@debian:/home/tiger# blkid > ... > why /dev/sda6 uuid don't equal /dev/sdb6 uuid? I expect the kernel cached

Re: dd command can't get the same uuid

2012-08-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 02:28:22 -0700, Fnzh Xx wrote: (please, no html posts, thanks) > root@debian:/home/tiger# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=10240k > 11447+1 records in > 11447+1 records out > 120034123776 bytes (120 GB) copied, 4729.59 s, 25.4 MB/s > root@debian:/home/tiger# blkid (...) > /de

dd command can't get the same uuid

2012-08-05 Thread Fnzh Xx
root@debian:/home/tiger# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=10240k 11447+1 records in 11447+1 records out 120034123776 bytes (120 GB) copied, 4729.59 s, 25.4 MB/s root@debian:/home/tiger# blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="54AF-15B1" TYPE="vfat" /dev/sda2: UUID="28D02E2FD02E03A2" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sda5: UUID="a

Re: How to find out how much memory your system using "dd" command...

2009-10-13 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Ter, 13 Out 2009, Frank Charles Gallacher wrote: When I was a system administrator, there was a command to find out how much real memory was on your system, logged in as root (making sure you didn't confuse the input and output!): dd if=/dev/mem of=/dev/null bs=1024 conv=noerror It would ch

Re: How to find out how much memory your system using "dd" command...

2009-10-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 01:41:36AM +1100, Frank Charles Gallacher wrote: > Greetings, > > When I was a system administrator, there was a command to find out how > much real memory was on your system, logged in as root (making sure you > didn't confuse the input and output!): > > dd if=/dev/mem of

Re: How to find out how much memory your system using "dd" command...

2009-10-13 Thread Jari Fredriksson
13.10.2009 17:41, Frank Charles Gallacher kirjoitti: Greetings, When I was a system administrator, there was a command to find out how much real memory was on your system, logged in as root (making sure you didn't confuse the input and output!): dd if=/dev/mem of=/dev/null bs=1024 conv=noerro

How to find out how much memory your system using "dd" command...

2009-10-13 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Frank McCormick put forth on 10/13/2009 9:48 AM: > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:41:36 +1100 > Frank Charles Gallacher wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> When I was a system administrator, there was a command to find out how >> much real memory was on your system, logged in as root (making sure you >> didn't

Re: How to find out how much memory your system using "dd" command...

2009-10-13 Thread Frank McCormick
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:41:36 +1100 Frank Charles Gallacher wrote: > Greetings, > > When I was a system administrator, there was a command to find out how > much real memory was on your system, logged in as root (making sure you > didn't confuse the input and output!): > > dd if=/dev/mem of=/dev

How to find out how much memory your system using "dd" command...

2009-10-13 Thread Frank Charles Gallacher
Greetings, When I was a system administrator, there was a command to find out how much real memory was on your system, logged in as root (making sure you didn't confuse the input and output!): dd if=/dev/mem of=/dev/null bs=1024 conv=noerror It would chug away for a minute or two, then give you

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, rjubio wrote: How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? Would you believe 300Gb took 11.5 hours? -- Bob Holtzman "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it." -blatantly plagiarized - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-19 16:53 +0100, rjubio wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2008-12-19 07:36 +0100, rjubio wrote: >> >> >>> How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? >>> >> >> Not long ago I zeroed out the disk of my old machine becau

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread Bob Cox
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:52:00 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty (dtu...@vianet.ca) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 02:36:45PM +0800, rjubio wrote: > > How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? > > You could use hdparm testing to get the unbuffered speed and then do the >

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:53:44PM +0800, rjubio wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: > >On 2008-12-19 07:36 +0100, rjubio wrote: > > > >>How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? > > > >Not long ago I zeroed out the disk of my old machine because I wante

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread rjubio
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-12-19 07:36 +0100, rjubio wrote: How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? Not long ago I zeroed out the disk of my old machine because I wanted to sell it, and that took 80 GB /(53 MiB/s) = 25 minutes. Sven I dont get it. I've

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread elijah rutschman
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:36 AM, rjubio wrote: > How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? I've found that setting a higher blocksize (using the bs= parameter) makes dd go much faster. I usually set the blocksize to about 50 megabytes, depending on available RAM. Regards

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 02:36:45PM +0800, rjubio wrote: > How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? You could use hdparm testing to get the unbuffered speed and then do the math. It also depends if you're doing anything with the other drive on that IDE channel. I.e. dd fro

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-19 07:36 +0100, rjubio wrote: > How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? Not long ago I zeroed out the disk of my old machine because I wanted to sell it, and that took 80 GB /(53 MiB/s) = 25 minutes. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-19 07:56 +0100, Juha Tuuna wrote: > rjubio wrote: >> How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? > > It depends on your hardware, are you writing or reading and other possible I/O > on that disk. On a laptop I got 3MiB/s on average. You do the math. Seems li

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread rjubio
Juha Tuuna wrote: rjubio wrote: How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? It depends on your hardware, are you writing or reading and other possible I/O on that disk. On a laptop I got 3MiB/s on average. You do the math. Does the IDE or SATA setting of the hd affect

Re: DD command

2008-12-19 Thread Owen Townend
2008/12/19 rjubio : > How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > Hey, As a tangent to t

Re: DD command

2008-12-18 Thread Juha Tuuna
rjubio wrote: > How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? It depends on your hardware, are you writing or reading and other possible I/O on that disk. On a laptop I got 3MiB/s on average. You do the math. -- Juha Tuuna -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

Re: DD command

2008-12-18 Thread Daniel Dalton
I seemed to remember it showing me progress, but I think my 40 gb took about half an hour. It was a while ago, so I dunno... Cheers, Daniel On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 02:36:45PM +0800, rjubio wrote: > How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE,

DD command

2008-12-18 Thread rjubio
How long does a dd command take for an 80 GB IDE hd? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-23 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
(A) to a new hard disk B; is > >>it possible to boot into single user from A and then execute "dd if=A > >>of=B" ?? > >> > >>Or do I have to get another machine with a hard disk C with Linux and > >>from here execute "dd if=A of=B&quo

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-23 Thread Alan Chandler
On Saturday 23 December 2006 04:57, Alejandro wrote: > Finally: booting from a live CD and executing "dd if=A of=B"...is > there any risk of lost of data or damage of the source hard disk (A) > using the "dd" command ??? Because it's the firt time I need to cl

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-22 Thread Alejandro
ere execute "dd if=A of=B" ??? How about booting from a live CD, and then issuing the dd command (after making sure that neither disk is mounted). Finally: booting from a live CD and executing "dd if=A of=B"...is there any risk of lost of data or damage of the source hard disk

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-22 Thread Marc Shapiro
if=A of=B" ??? How about booting from a live CD, and then issuing the dd command (after making sure that neither disk is mounted). -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-22 Thread Alejandro
Paul Johnson wrote: http://wiki.ursine.ca/Top_posting Alejandro wrote: Is it possible to use "dd" if I have to disks with the same size but different models like this: Yes, it is. As long as the disks are the same size, the rest is just details. Dear Paul, just a last short qu

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-21 Thread Paul Johnson
http://wiki.ursine.ca/Top_posting Alejandro wrote: > Is it possible to use "dd" if I have to disks with the same size but > different models like this: Yes, it is. As long as the disks are the same size, the rest is just details. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-21 Thread Paul Johnson
Alejandro wrote: > Hi all, I have a Debian Etch machine with a SCSI HD as a master disk. I > want to make a clon to another similar SCSI HD (same model and size), in > order to use it if the production disk fails. > > People talk about "dd" command, telling it's po

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-21 Thread Bob McGowan
a Debian Etch machine with a SCSI HD as a master disk. I want to make a clon to another similar SCSI HD (same model and size), in order to use it if the production disk fails. People talk about "dd" command, telling it's possible to get a exact mirror from one disk to another just run

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-21 Thread Alejandro
e found that 'bs=10k' seems to work well, though if you have plenty > of RAM you might want to try something bigger. > > Bob > > Alejandro wrote: >> Hi all, I have a Debian Etch machine with a SCSI HD as a master disk. I >> want to make a clon to another si

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 01:25:15PM -0300, Alejandro wrote: > Hi all, I have a Debian Etch machine with a SCSI HD as a master disk. I > want to make a clon to another similar SCSI HD (same model and size), in > order to use it if the production disk fails. > > People talk abo

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-21 Thread Bob McGowan
hine with a SCSI HD as a master disk. I want to make a clon to another similar SCSI HD (same model and size), in order to use it if the production disk fails. People talk about "dd" command, telling it's possible to get a exact mirror from one disk to another just running this: dd if=/d

Re: Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-21 Thread Emerson Dorow
er to use it if the production disk fails. > > People talk about "dd" command, telling it's possible to get a exact > mirror from one disk to another just running this: > > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb > > Is this just the solution ??? No matter with the

Clon disks with dd command

2006-12-21 Thread Alejandro
Hi all, I have a Debian Etch machine with a SCSI HD as a master disk. I want to make a clon to another similar SCSI HD (same model and size), in order to use it if the production disk fails. People talk about "dd" command, telling it's possible to get a exact mirror from one disk

RE: What is the dd command ???

2006-05-03 Thread Daniel L. McGrew
-Original Message- From: Mike McCarty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:24 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: What is the dd command ??? Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [snip] > bootable floppy disk with it. This is different than a windows/

OT puns Was: Re: Floppy stuff [was Re: What is the dd command ???]

2006-05-03 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Wed, 03 May 2006 17:39:22 -0500 Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [The pun is the highest form of humor, since it is spontaneous.] Agreed. May one, therefore, invite you to visit and possibly participate in the fun at alt.humor.puns? We have some good stuff there from time to time.

Re: Floppy stuff [was Re: What is the dd command ???]

2006-05-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 02:02:10PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > >>>Andrew wrote... [snip] microwave (he he) I'd think that would burn it up, not degauss it :-) a quick google search turned that up as a possible way to degauss a disk (including such other dubio

Re: Floppy stuff [was Re: What is the dd command ???]

2006-05-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 02:02:10PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:34:59PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > [snip] > > >>Be sure that one of your discs is a 720K disc, and has been degaussed. > >>BTW, if it Just Works on high-mu discs, even wh

Re: Floppy stuff [was Re: What is the dd command ???]

2006-05-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:34:59PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: [snip] Be sure that one of your discs is a 720K disc, and has been degaussed. BTW, if it Just Works on high-mu discs, even when never formatted, then I suspect that it will ruin your 720K disc. So make

Floppy stuff [was Re: What is the dd command ???]

2006-05-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:34:59PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:29:31AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > >>Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:24:00AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > >>> > > [snip] > > >>No, a s

Re: What is the dd command ???

2006-05-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:29:31AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:24:00AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: [snip] No, a sector copy is not a bit-for-bit copy, as sectors do not have to be arranged sequentially on

Re: What is the dd command ???

2006-05-03 Thread H.S.
Daniel L. McGrew wrote: > What is the dd command and how does it work??? I've never heard of it??? It allows you copy, byte by byte, from a device to another device. I usually use it to make images of CDROM disks (data disks, not audio disks). Assuming my cdrom device is /dev/cdrom and I

Re: What is the dd command ???

2006-05-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:29:31AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:24:00AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > >>Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> > >>[snip] > >> > >> > >>>bootable floppy disk with it. This is different than a windows/dos > >>>m

Re: What is the dd command ???

2006-05-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:24:00AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [snip] bootable floppy disk with it. This is different than a windows/dos made bootable floppy in that it doesn't have any windows or dos system on it. You use any blank f

Re: What is the dd command ???

2006-05-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 10:24:00AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > [snip] > > >bootable floppy disk with it. This is different than a windows/dos > >made bootable floppy in that it doesn't have any windows or dos system > >on it. You use any blank floppy and the rawr

Re: What is the dd command ???

2006-05-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [snip] bootable floppy disk with it. This is different than a windows/dos made bootable floppy in that it doesn't have any windows or dos system on it. You use any blank floppy and the rawrite program to copy the disk image over to the floppy. make sense? I belie

Re: What is the dd command ???

2006-05-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 10:19:16PM -0500, Daniel L. McGrew wrote: > What is the dd command and how does it work??? I've never heard of it??? Dan, I'm getting mixed signals about what you are doing here, so bear with me. In an earlier post you mentioned booting to a DOS prompt. I

What is the dd command ???

2006-05-02 Thread Daniel L. McGrew
What is the dd command and how does it work??? I've never heard of it??? Most sincerely, Dan "For GOD so LOVED the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever should believe in him