[LBo] Mirroring Program

[Robin Byaruhanga]

hey stephan,i really liked that answer because am sure it works on
linux and i didnt know of any linux command for creating an entire
copy of the hdd,my questions r;
1. can i specify partition to partition.
2. can i create an image?
3. can i create the image on a cd/dvd?
if i yes how do i do it.
Thanx man that will be all.Robin

On 3/6/07, Stefan Waidele <St.Waidele at linuxbasics.org> wrote:
> John Fielding schrieb:
> > Does anyone know of a program that will copy the entire contents of a hard
> > drive including installed programs, settings etc to a new hard drive?
>
> `dd` is your friend in Linux.
>
> Boot from a live-cd, and do a
>
> dd if=/dev/olddisk of=/dev/newdisk
>
> to get an exact clone of your drive.
> You will need to replace olddisk and newdisk with the actual devices and
> of course: Be sure not to swap the input (if) with the output (of).
>
> dd gives you great power. And with great power, there comes great
> responibility :)
>
> Stefan
>
>
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