centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> At Thu, 05 May 2011 07:44:52 -0400 CentOS mailing list
> <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>
>>
>> On 05/05/2011 07:13 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>> Is there a standard way of copying a working system
>>> from one machine to another with different partitions?
>> You could also utilize cloning software, such as the client version
>> of drbl, clonezilla livecd.
>>
>> You could also do a direct copy with dd onto a connected drive.
>
> Warning: dd is not a good choise if the source and desination
> drives/partitions are *different* sizes.
Different block mappings will also give you grief.
.:. The drives must be identical manufacturer and model, down to the
firmware revision.
dd is not a backup tool in the general sense.
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