[NTLUG:Discuss] Copying Linux partitions

[Bug Hunter]

  if the drive is exactly the same size, put it in.  do 

  telinit 1

  dd if=/dev/hda  of=/dev/hdb


  that will mirror the drive.  shutdown, swap the drives.  boot up. you 
will go through an fsck, and then be just fine.

bug



On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Brett Grayson wrote:

> Its been years since I've messed with something like Symantec Ghost... 
> but does anyone know if it, or any other program can be used to 'image' 
> your linux partitions?
> 
> I have an identical size drive that I would like to swap with the boot 
> drive on my RH8 file server ... any suggestions? I'd rather not have to 
> rebuild the thing, I'm just moving in a faster drive.
> 
> As usual, any help is appreciated. If you would like, you can argue 
> about ghosting etiquette for the next week :) ... I prefer to start from 
> the bottom of the sector!
> 
> 
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