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RE: 'dd' command (boot sectors?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richardson,Anthony)
Fri Nov 6 11:55:03 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 23:51:00 -0500
From: "Richardson,Anthony" <ARichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
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Yes it will. The drives need to be identical or else the partition
tables will be messed up. I've used this with a rescue disk to
backup and restore drive images over a network. If the disk is
partitioned, just backing up and restoring a single partition
(dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/hda1.img) works also.
Tony
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Subject: 'dd' command (boot sectors?)
If i use the following command to create an image file of a hard drive:
dd if=/dev/hda of=/extra/backup
Will this image contain the entire contents of the 'hda' device,
including
the boot sector? I am trying to find a way to clone NT installations
using
Linux. My main goal here, is to be able to use the image to copy an NT
installation to another HD. (I will change the DOMAIN/Username/SID after
the copy.)
Thanks,
G. Lenzer
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