Re: using dd to copy a drive

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Author: George Toft
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: using dd to copy a drive
Hi Mike,

I'm pretty sure what you are proposing will result in a dead system.

We need more info. What are your partition assignments (ie, cat
/etc/fstab and e-mail it). How do you boot now? GRUB or LILO?

George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
AGD,LLC
www.agdllc.com
623-203-1760


Mikey Haven s wrote:
> Well, I am finally going to do it. Ii'm going to delete my windows partition!
> However, I need to confirm the steps to take before I procede.
>
> 1- dd /hda2 /hda4/<dir> (my linux partition is running out...
> 2- fdisk (combine hda1&2 into one partition)
> 3- dd /hda4/<dir> /hda2
>
> Well GOOOOLEEEEE, if I am right this is easier than I thought it would be.
> THings always seem to be harder when you talk about them.... if I'm right!
> What do I need to do to make it bootable? Just run lilo right away, I
> think. What if I wanted to use grub instead?

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