DD not working--SUCCESS!

[Karl Larsen]

Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>> Michael Hennebry wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>>> So far as I can tell, the important thing
>>> is not having a separate computer.
>>> It is not mounting any partition on either drive.
>>> A live CD can boot and run without using a hard drive.
>>> It makes its file systems in ram.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     I don't have enough RAM for a live CD to do dd. The Rescue CD does
>> not have dd. I'm wondering if the F7 DVD might have dd? It has it
>> somewhere.
>>     
>
> You seem to have a rare rescue CD.
> One can get away with mounting a source partition read only.
> You can use the dd to copy a read only disk.
> Do you have a swap partition?
> Some live CDs can be told to use that.
> It doesn't matter much if a swap partition
> changes while it's being copied.
>
> I think that with the right boot parameters
> you can come up with everything mounted read only.
> In that case, running dd should be possible and reliable.
>
>   
    I am WRONG. My F7 Rescue CD Rom has dd built in. I am wanting to try 
it soon to see how a RAM mounted system Will work. I may need to load a 
system just to have one working fine to put on the New Hard Drive. I 
think tomorrow

Both Hard Drives will be running but not mounted or doing a thing. It 
should be a perfect copy 8-)


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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