On Monday 10 Nov 2003 5:23 am, Michael Noble wrote: > It has been a while since I last dd a disk drive (it is best to > make them the same type and size). Assuming that the old disk is > /dev/hda and the new disk is /dev/hdb the following command should > work: > > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb > I've heard people recommend this before, but I'm not sure why this is better than cp -a ? I do remember that the last time I tried to copy a whole directory to a new partition I had some problems before I got it right, so I want to be clear before I start.
> Then make the new disk /dev/hda and the system should boot. As I > said it has been a while and may have the basic command a little > off. But the original (noisy) drive will still be in working > order. > > If you have it, I have also heard that the latest Norton Ghost will > also work. > This is really a much better way, but I don't have the latest Norton Ghost. My Drive Image is not the latest, either. Is there not a linux tool that tackles it in a similar way, rather than just copying files? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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