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Hi, |
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On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 23:16 +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> After I upgraded my laptop with an internal HDD of 500 GB, I started using my |
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> old external 500 GB drive as backup. Though of different dimensions and |
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> makers, they both have the same number of sectors. So I dd'ed the entire disk |
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> first, which gave me an exact mirror of the internal disk. I though this would |
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> be faster, because I have lots of small files in some places. |
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I tried that, but after dd finished, I was left with strange partitions |
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and id's that I couldn't mount. The two disks are both 160Gb with the |
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same sector size... |
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It might be easier to do the fdisk-ing by hand. |
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thanks, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. |
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It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. |
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-- William Pitt, 1783 |
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