[nmglug] HDD > SSD

[Brian O'Keefe]

Thank you Jared for distilling my novel don to this simple answer. And 
yes a, super careful is the watch phrase!

On 6/5/19 1:12 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
> Hi a,
>
> /dev/sdX is more or less the whole drive, including all partitions. 
> /dev/sdX# is the individual partition to that drive.
>
> To see the list of all drives and partitions, you can run this command:
>
>     lsblk
>
> Typically you will want to dd the whole drive, so your if= should 
> probably be /dev/sda and the of= should probably also be /dev/sdb. 
> Though this doesn't apply to *all* circumstances, but I believe would 
> make the most sense for what you're trying to do.
>
> Though you will want to be super careful with what the dd command. If 
> you move around sata cables, the /dev/xxx can change. I always check 
> lsblk to make sure I have the right drives *BEFORE* I run the dd command.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jared
>
>
> On 6/5/19 10:54 AM, a wrote:
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> Am ready to run the program. Question gparted choice /dev/sda or 
>> /dev/sdd (right top menu)
>>
>> When I open /dev/sda it indicates /dev/sda1 which of these do I use 
>> in te dd command?
>>
>> Thanks a
>>
>> On 6/4/19 7:30 PM, a wrote:
>>> dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror
>>
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