Comments on: Using DD to clone a HD http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/ The views of one man on security, privacy and anything else that catches his attention. The views expressed on this blog do not reflect the views of my employer or anyone other than myself. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: lpc http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/comment-page-1/#comment-75 lpc Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:41:12 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/#comment-75 It should be noted that you have to be logged in as "root," or superuser in order to run either fdisk or dd. The easiest way to do that in DSL (Damn Small Linux) is to open a terminal window, type "sudo su" (without the quotes) and press enter. You can then execute the above commands. After I figured that out, the above directions worked just fine moving Windows Server 2003 from a 6.5GB to a 20GB. Like a charm. It should be noted that you have to be logged in as “root,” or superuser in order to run either fdisk or dd. The easiest way to do that in DSL (Damn Small Linux) is to open a terminal window, type “sudo su” (without the quotes) and press enter. You can then execute the above commands.

After I figured that out, the above directions worked just fine moving Windows Server 2003 from a 6.5GB to a 20GB. Like a charm.

]]> By: Martin http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Martin Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:16:56 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/#comment-74 I tried mirroring a 80 gig drive to a 160 gig drive last night, and I ran into problems from the get go. I was using Damn Small Linux, since the Knoppix disk I had was bad, booted to the command line and tried running fdisk. Fdisk read the new drive fine, but gave me a number of errors when reading the old drive. One of my co-workers suggested that DSL may not be reading the drive geometry correctly, and I'll probably try again this weekend, armed with that information. I tried mirroring a 80 gig drive to a 160 gig drive last night, and I ran into problems from the get go. I was using Damn Small Linux, since the Knoppix disk I had was bad, booted to the command line and tried running fdisk. Fdisk read the new drive fine, but gave me a number of errors when reading the old drive. One of my co-workers suggested that DSL may not be reading the drive geometry correctly, and I’ll probably try again this weekend, armed with that information.

]]> By: Axel http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Axel Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:56:43 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/#comment-73 @gianfranco: It depends on what you're used to - and it's way more flexible than Ghost. @gianfranco: It depends on what you’re used to – and it’s way more flexible than Ghost.

]]> By: Gianfranco Ramoser http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Gianfranco Ramoser Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:35:32 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/#comment-72 Less expensive to use Linux DD command. But is it easy to do ? gianfranco ramoser Less expensive to use Linux DD command. But is it easy to do ?

gianfranco ramoser

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