[Techtalk] dd copy of 75 GB disk to 80 GB disk

[Malcolm]

On Thursday 07 February 2002 08:17 am, Helen Katz wrote:

> We have a bad IBM 75 Gb disk , which , at last,
> IBM is willing to replace it with a new type of 80 GB.
> Can I do :
>  dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb conv=noerror,sync
> and keep all my info. intact ?
> Or is a problem with the different size ?

The size isn't a problem, we've done this where I work. You loose access to 
the extra space (as far as I know, though it's possible you might be able to 
make a small partition to fill it without breaking anything I haven't tried 
it). It works fine though.




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