F9: Using dd to clone a drive...

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Dan Thurman wrote:
> 
> I used dd off the Gnome Live CD, so that neither
> drives were mounted nor active. Next I proceeded
> to use dd as follows:

a while back, i tried running 'dd' from a live cd to 'clone' 2
drives of same brand, model, firmware, whole 9 yards.

clone bombed every time.

i cured problem by building a bare system, no 'x', networking,
or anything else unneeded, on a 3rd hard drive, and only the
1 drive in fstab.

i am not sure what problem was, but i can only contribute it to
simple fact of 'live cd'.

ymmv.

good luck to you.


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