Richard Urwin wrote:
> The big problem with dd is that when it's finished the destination drive will
> be identical to the source drive.
No it won't. Everything from the first sector through the last sector #
on the old disk will be identical, which is not the same thing.
> If, like most people, you've bought a
> bigger disk, then that's hard luck. The partition table will show it as the
> same size as the old disk.
No, it will show identical use, which is not the same thing. The new
will have unallocated space beyond the last sector # used on the old
disk. You can make one or more new partitions out of that space without
any impact on the contents of any previous partitions.
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