On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, Karl Larsen wrote:
Les Mikesell wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
> >
> > If you want to copy something big from one partition to another the old
> > dd method is for you. You have to do it right. This means that:
> >
> > 1. The destination partition MUST be at least a byte larger than the
> > source partition where the data is coming from. This is essential!
>
> This isn't true. Can you explain why you think it is?
Yes I can. My first try with dd I tried to put a 40GB partition
into a 20GB partition and dd errored out. Then I read man dd.
just kill me now, lord.
rday
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