Re: about using dd command to copy hard drives

2003-08-22 Thread Dan Strick
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using freebsd 5.0 Jan 2003 series I know that dd is good at copying block devices when they are at identical sizes. But if they're different sizes will it copy correctly? I want to copy my entire freebsd hard disk which is 6 GB to a new

Re: about using dd command to copy hard drives

2003-08-22 Thread Jerry McAllister
I'm using freebsd 5.0 Jan 2003 series I know that dd is good at copying block devices when they are at identical sizes. But if they're different sizes will it copy correctly? If you are copying to a bigger disk you can make it work. But, for what you seem to want to do, it is not the

about using dd command to copy hard drives

2003-08-21 Thread D Velez
I'm using freebsd 5.0 Jan 2003 series I know that dd is good at copying block devices when they are at identical sizes. But if they're different sizes will it copy correctly? I want to copy my entire freebsd hard disk which is 6 GB to a new hard disk at 20 GB. I read the man pages but still