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== Unix dd == | == Unix dd == | ||
Unix ''dd'' has the functionality to clone one hard disk to another. To see what hard disk are available use the fdisk utility on linux. | |||
<pre> | |||
$ sudo fidsk -l | |||
</pre> | |||
The result will be something like: | |||
{| class="wikitableharm" width="1050" | |||
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | |||
| width="500" | '''Partition Information fdisk'''<br> | |||
In total there are 3 disk found: | |||
* sda | |||
* sdb | |||
* sdc | |||
<br> | |||
<br> | |||
2 Small hard disks, sda and sdb. | |||
* The first hard disk sda has 2 partitions, | |||
** sda1 | |||
** sda2 | |||
and a total size of 1.073 MB. | |||
<br><br> | |||
The second hard disk sdb has 1 partition with a total size of 136.4 GB. | |||
<br><br> | |||
The third hard disk sdc is completely unformatted, | |||
<br><br>'''Cloning using DD''' | |||
<br> | |||
To clone hard disk A to Hard disk C, simple do: | |||
$ sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdc | |||
For a large disk the command may take some time | |||
| width="550" | [[File:Ubuntu-fdisk.png|thumb}550px|center|Ubuntu fdisk -l]] | |||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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[[Category:Index]] | [[Category:Index]] | ||
[[Category:UNIX]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:46, 4 March 2014
Cloning hard disk drives is a common maintenance task. Several options are available to perform clone options.
The most simple way is to boot Ubuntu from an USB-Drive and use native UNIX commands.
Ubuntu Live
The Ubuntu side has a complete tutorial how to create an Ubuntu Live USB on Windows [1] which is based on the USB installer provided at pendrivelinux.com [2][3] and a basic iso-Ubuntu distribution [4].
Unix dd
Unix dd has the functionality to clone one hard disk to another. To see what hard disk are available use the fdisk utility on linux.
$ sudo fidsk -l
The result will be something like:
| Partition Information fdisk In total there are 3 disk found:
and a total size of 1.073 MB.
$ sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdc For a large disk the command may take some time |
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See also
Reference
- ↑ Ubuntu, Create an usb stick on Windows.
- ↑ pendrivelinux.com, Homewebsite
- ↑ pendrivelinux.com, Download universal usb-installer
- ↑ Ubuntu, Download Ubuntu Desktop,