[plug] Confirmation of dd

[Steve Grasso]

Brian,

I've used dd successfully as a replacement for Ghost, and can confirm that it 
works in the way you intend, but with one caveat: upgrade your 
fileutils package so you're using the most recent release of dd. I've found 
that earlier versions can exhibit a bit of variability in outcome ie. just 
plain don't work correctly. You may find you'll also need to upgrade 
glibc (and maybe glibc-devel) since the fileutils package depends on it.

Regards,
Steve

On Sunday 12 August 2001 10:46, Brian Tombleson wrote:
> I'd just like to confirm what is supposed to happen with the dd comand ..
>
> I have an installed system (across several partitions) on /dev/hda
>
> I have an identical drive (brand, model, size) that is blank on /dev/hdb
>
> will the command .. :
>
> dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb
>
> .. make a duplicate of hda onto hdb with all partition & boot information
> intact?
>
> .. or am I asking too much of a simple program?
>
> Any pointers appreciated.
>
> - Brian.