Re: using dd to copy a drive

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Author: Mikey Haven s
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: using dd to copy a drive
bmike1@1[bmike1]$ cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
/dev/sda1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
# Dynamic entries
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0
/dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
/dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
bmike1@1[bmike1]$


On Thursday 09 December 2004 06:13 am, George Toft wrote:
> 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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