Re: HDD > SSD
Brian O'Keefe <[email protected]>
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Thank you Jared for distilling my novel don to this simple answer. And yes a, super careful is the watch phrase! On 6/5/19 1:12 PM, ABQLUG wrote: > Hi a, > > /dev/sdX is more or less the whole drive, including all partitions. > /dev/sdX# is the individual partition to that drive. > > To see the list of all drives and partitions, you can run this command: > > lsblk > > Typically you will want to dd the whole drive, so your if= should > probably be /dev/sda and the of= should probably also be /dev/sdb. > Though this doesn't apply to *all* circumstances, but I believe would > make the most sense for what you're trying to do. > > Though you will want to be super careful with what the dd command. If > you move around sata cables, the /dev/xxx can change. I always check > lsblk to make sure I have the right drives *BEFORE* I run the dd command. > > Regards, > > Jared > > > On 6/5/19 10:54 AM, a wrote: >> >> Brian >> >> Am ready to run the program. Question gparted choice /dev/sda or >> /dev/sdd (right top menu) >> >> When I open /dev/sda it indicates /dev/sda1 which of these do I use >> in te dd command? >> >> Thanks a >> >> On 6/4/19 7:30 PM, a wrote: >>> dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nmglug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > > > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org -- _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org