David C. Rankin wrote:
On 12/30/2010 12:11 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
Sampsa Riikonen wrote:
Dear List,
I have duplicated my hard disk using "dd", including the boot partition to another hard disk (a sata drive in a usb box). Now I am trying to boot from this duplicated disk, but nothing happens.. grub does not start at all.
Hi Sampsa
using dd for copying a harddisk assumes source and target are the same, which I am guessing yours are not. You might fare better by copying across the contents of the filesystem(s), e.g. using rsync, and (re-)preparing the target drive for booting.
Well that depends...
Using dd will copy the filesystems/partitions from one device to another. dd should work without an issue as long as the target drive is greater or equal to the size of the source.
True - personally I don't use dd for copying drives unless I have a specific need for that. Copying filesystems with tar or rsync is easier and less hassle - I do it fairly frequently to clone systems (that almost never have the same drives). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (1.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org