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Re: Copying a partition from one disk to another

  • Subject: Re: Copying a partition from one disk to another
  • From: Chris Davies <chris-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:52:25 +0100
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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> suggested:
> Another approach:
> dd if=/dev/hdd0 of=/some-location/hdd0.img

This is an (inefficient) partition image copy. 

In this case, however, it will *not* achieve what the OP wants, as you'll
end up with a new filesystem that's the same size as the original -
regardless of the actual partition size. It will also leave the new
partition with the same filesystem type as the original, which is
definitely not what the OP requested.

Chris

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