[nmglug] cloning HD

[Eric Krieger]

Drop to the cli and run...

grep sd /var/log/messages

...this should display disk info for your system.  If you just
attached the drive it should towards the bottom.


Thanks,

- Eric




On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 3:43 AM, a <a at kaluta.us> wrote:
> I have an external usb connected hard drive. Will that drive be detected
> as /dev/sdb and proceed cloning forthwith as : dd if=/dev/sda
> of=/dev/sdb bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror.
>
> anthony
>
>
> On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 15:31 -0700, BrianO'Keefe wrote:
>> Yes, I have a 2.5" USB enclosure. I'll boot from a live cd and then I
>> have run this (for IDE drive):
>>
>> dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=32768
>>
>> I'd change the "h" to "s". Is Nick's the better command?
>>
>> Muchas gracias all....
>>
>> On 01/03/2011 02:20 PM, Nick Frost wrote:
>> > On Jan 3, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Eric Krieger wrote:
>> >
>> > > How are you cloning the drive?   Are you connecting the new drive
>> > > to
>> > > the system via some sort of usb or firewire enclosure? Running...
>> > >
>> > > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
>> > >
>> > > Will copy all partitions from sda to sdb and just expand sda1 on
>> > > the
>> > > new drive once it's finished.  Granted it's not the fastest method
>> > > but
>> > > it works.
>> >
>> > The above works well, but I've had slightly better results with;
>> >
>> > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror
>> >
>> > - Nick
>> > ---------------------------------------
>> > Nicholas S. Frost
>> > 7 Avenida Vista Grande #325
>> > Santa Fe, NM  87508
>> > nickf at frostitute.com
>> > ----------------------------------------
>> >
>> >
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