On Saturday 20 October 2007, Paul Smith wrote: >Dear All, > >I have just bought a new hard disk. Could someone please tell me how >can I create a clone of my F7 partition in the new hard disk? > >Thanks in advance, > >Paul If you truly want a clone, and this can be dangerous, you have been warned: dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc bs=blocksize used on current drive The dangerous part comes in if you have labels on the partitions. Linux does NOT like two identically named partitions, so it would be best to disable anything that even remotely resembles automount before starting. You could also use a drive letter on the same cable, but it will be even slower. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) I retain the right to change my mind, as always. Le Linus e mobile. - Linus Torvalds -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
