05-03-2016
Need to Clone Solaris OS to another disk
Hi,
I am trying to clone the hard disk image of Solaris OS on one disk to another disk. After some googling I found that there is a command "dd" to achieve this.
However there is a condition to use the dd command, that the disk geometry of both the disks (source and target disks) should be same. While I understand what is meant by disk geometry, I am not sure how to make sure the geometries of both the disks is same.
I can find out the geometry information using "format" command, but how can I impose the same geometry on another disk (in case the second disk's geometry is different) ? Is there an option in "format" command for this?
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isohybrid(1) General Commands Manual isohybrid(1)
NAME
isohybrid -- Post-process an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs or genisoimage to allow hybrid booting as a CD-ROM or as a hard disk.
SYNOPSIS
isohybrid [OPTIONS] <boot.iso>
DESCRIPTION
The isohybrid utility modifies a an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs, genisoimage, or compatible utilities, to be bootable as a CD-ROM
or as a hard disk.
OPTIONS
-h <X>
Number of default geometry heads
-s <X>
Number of default geometry sectors
-e <X>, --entry <X>
Specify parititon entry number (1-4)
-o <X>, --offset <X>
Specify partition offset (default 0)
-t <X>, --type <X>
Specify MBR ID (default random)
-u, --uefi
Build EFI bootable image
-m, --mac
Add Apple File Protocol partition table support
--forcehd0
Assume we are laoded as disk ID 0
--ctrlhd0
Assume disk ID 0 if the Ctrl key is pressed
--partok
Allow booting from within a partition
-?, --help
Display help
-v, --verbose
Display verbose output
-V, --version
Display version information
SEE ALSO
mkisofs(1)
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