From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA203F5DD for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:24:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2JEOjm29756 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:24:45 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2JEOj219468 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:24:45 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2JEOjY19464 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:24:45 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2JEOjm29752 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:24:45 -0500 Received: from rh.health.gov.za ([196.15.225.3]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2JEMb902393 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:22:38 -0500 Received: from localhost (vdwaltw@localhost) by rh.health.gov.za (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2JEODZ17572 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:24:13 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: rh.health.gov.za: vdwaltw owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:24:13 +0200 (SAST) From: "Willem van der Walt" To: Subject: Re: Imaging the hard drive? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, I have done that successfully accross different disks. I think as long as one dd the partition with an existing fs on it to a partition on the new disk with a simmelar partition that is the same size or larger as the origional one, one should be ok. regards, Willem On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Mike Gorse wrote: > Janina, I am not sure that that would work well for what he wants to do. > I would not trust dd to make an image of a file system for the purpose of > transporting it to another computer which may have a different hard disk > and a Linux partition of a different size. Tar should work well, however, > so long as you pass it parameters to exclude anything that you do not want > copied (ie, /proc). > > -- Michael Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org -- > > On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Imaging in linux is the easiest imaging you will ever do. > > > > Use the dd command partition by partition as follows: > > > k > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Willem van der Walt Information Services Directorate Department of Health South Africa tel: 27 12 3120700