Unix disk copy using dd ?

[Doc Shipley]

Andy Piercy wrote:
> More disk copy questions..
> 
> Can you copy an entire disk using the UNIX dd command from a smaller 
> disc to
> a larger one and retain the capacity of the larger drive?
> 
> i.e. maybe create a partition on the larger drive which matches the smaller
> drive?

   Not without other tools, at least on any OS I work with.  dd 
overwrites the filesystem's index, superblock, etc, so even if the 
partition is bigger than the filesystem, you can't use it.


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