https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=62.214.197.162ThinkWiki - User contributions [en]2026-04-07T19:29:51ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.12https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=How_to_copy_a_Linux_installation&diff=9153How to copy a Linux installation2005-09-21T17:35:42Z<p>62.214.197.162: </p>
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<div>The best way to make a 1:1 copy.<br />
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1. The Linux installation is on a seperate Harddisk<br />
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dd if=/dev/hd[a,b,c,..] of=/dev/hd[a,b,c,..] bs=2M<br />
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Part of Sourcedrive : if=/dev/hd[a,b,c,..] the Letter "a" for the first Harddrive, b for the second, ....<br />
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Part of Destinationdrive : of=/dev/hd[a,b,c,..] the Letter "a" for the first Harddrive, b for the second, ....<br />
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2. The Linux installation is on a Partition<br />
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(e.g. hda1 is the Partition with the Linux installation and hdb1 is the Destinationdrive)<br />
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dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb1 bs=2M</div>62.214.197.162