4 May
2007
4 May
'07
9:35 p.m.
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 09:39:48 +0100
From: "Andy Piercy" <andy.piercy at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Unix disk copy using dd ?
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So basically you can only use dd to copy to a disk of the same size.
I have successfully used dd to copy a disk onto another disk of a
larger size. The difference between the original disk and the new disk
is unused space, but you can run the host partitioner and change that
(or, if it's a newer filesystem like XFS, JFS, etc. you can extend onto
the unused space).
P.S. - realized that my new system for replying to a digest left
several messages quite probably without any subject. My apologies.
Scott