On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 09:45 -0800, clayj@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > A bit off topic; but, I've got a Windoze box with a failing hard drive; > and an FC3 box (which is working a whole lot better). > > What's the recommended process to create an exact duplicate (boot sector > and all) of a hard drive? Is it really as simple as: > cat /dev/hda > /dev/hdb > > ??? Does the new drive need to be partitioned first? Or is there some > other way to clone drives? > > Thanks in advance! > > Clay Jackson > clayj@xxxxxxxxxx Try not to hi-jack threads please it's confusing!! In answer to the question, I would partition the new drive, then use dd if=/dev/<old-drive> of=/dev/<new-drive> checkout the dd man page for additional parameters if need be. Laurence
