Jacques B. wrote:
Your second part is incorrect. It does not matter if there is a
file
system or not (ANY file system) when copying from device/partition to
device/partition (i.e. if=/dev/???? and of=/dev/????). dd OVERWRITES
EVERYTHING.
No. It will only overwrite the number of bytes that are copied. Bytes
after that will be ignored. Thus, it's better to zero the partition first.
Matt Flaschen