using dd to backup entire hard drive

[Alan Dayley]

Craig asked the original question but I am going to jump in with my twist.  I think it still fits Craigs situation.

I want to upgrade a 10GB hard drive with Win98 and Linux partitions (dual boot) to a much larger drive.  I would like to use dd to copy all the current drive contents to the larger drive, boot the larger drive and then place partitions, etc. on the unused space.  Will that work?

Alan

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From: technomage <technomage-hawke@cox.net>
Sent: 01/30/03 03:36 PM
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Subject: Re: using dd to backup entire hard drive

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I've done this in a way.

firstly, both HD's have to be of siliar size.

then you just have to do this:

dd if=/dev/hdx of=/dev/hdx(2)

its a direct copy. I've done it with a couple of 10 GB monsters a while
ago 
(3 or 4 partitions). everything gets copied and the new drive even booted.


Technomage