On 10/20/07, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have just bought a new hard disk. Could someone please tell me how > > can I create a clone of my F7 partition in the new hard disk? > > Other people have suggested using dd. > I strongly advise against this. > I would use "cp -a" or rsync. > > I think the word "clone" is slightly misleading. > Presumably you want a copy which works in the same way as the original. > For that it is better to use "cp -a", and give the partition a new label, > with e2label, to avoid confusion. With the command cp -a /dev/sdd1 /dev/sda1 ? Paul
