On 30 Mar, Ronald Warner wrote:
> I would like to know how I can copy an entire hard disk (HD1) to
> another hard disk (HD2) and make HD2 bootable (without installing)
> I have a rh6.2 test server, and its hard disk is getting to be
> unreliable.
>
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb
copies bit for bit the hard disk /dev/hda into the second
drive /dev/hdb. The two disks have to be exactly the same size (same
geometry...preferably the same model) for this to work. I used this
technique to clone the hard disks for our Internet cafe once upon a
time...
It can take a while though, be warned!
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