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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu dd cloning of whole disk Post 302681527 by Lem on Friday 3rd of August 2012 02:07:57 PM

08-03-2012

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Royalist

Yes! 'dd' does work. Scrutiniser's 'bs=1M' did the job. A bootable clone in 2.75hours with results returned with no discrepancies.

For your goal IMHO it's better (and easier) to use dd_rescue than dd, even better to use ddrescue. And you learn to use something useful in case of hardware problems (dead sectors). For some more info:
System Administration Bits of Knowledge

To install and learn dd_rescue in Ubuntu:

Code:

sudo apt-get install ddrescue
man dd_rescue

Yes, dd_rescue is in package ddrescue (Debian and Ubuntu).

To install and learn ddrescue in Ubuntu:

Code:

sudo apt-get install gddrescue
man ddrescue

Yes, ddrescue is in package gddrescue (Debian and Ubuntu).

For single partitions, best (and often much faster) is to use Partimage.
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