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Re: [sheflug] hdd cloning

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Subject: Re: [sheflug] hdd cloning
From: Gary Stimson <bulk [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:47:03 +0100
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Alex Hudson wrote:
>>   dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb

I notice you've put /dev/hda rather than /dev/hda1 etc. Does this mean
the dd command above will copy the entire disk sector for sector,
including bootable flags on partitions and even the Master Boot Record?
I.e. so it can be used to make one bootable hard disk as a copy of another?

Gary



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