Harddisk cloning software
Tim Chase
blinux.list at thechases.com
Thu Dec 25 13:53:36 UTC 2008
> Does anyone know some harddisk cloning software that is accessible?
The common tool is just to use the "dd" program from the
command-line to clone one drive to another one. It's somewhat
dangerous if misused, so BE CAREFUL to read the man-pages
carefully. However, the basics would be (assuming "hda" is your
source and "hdb" is your destination drive) something like
dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb
BE CAREFUL. I've tromped atop my hard-drive using this before
(accidentally getting the wrong destination device), so make sure
you've got a backup and you triple-check your parameters.
-tim
PS: Did I mention to BE CAREFUL? *smile*
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