[Techtalk] dd confusion

[Hamster]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:28:50 -0800
Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:

> I want to copy all the contents of hda to hdb. Does hdb have to be the
> exact same disk geometry?

I assume youre referring to harddrives here? Not cd-roms?

If they're harddrives and theyre using LBA addressing, no. Just make sure
hdb is big enough.

> If hda is a bootable disk, will hdb also be bootable?

yes

Hamster