Re: bit-for-bit disk copy using dd?

Stefan 'Kaishakunin' Schumacher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.help
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Also sprach Mike Cheponis ([email protected])
> Hmmmm, seek and ye shall find...
> 
> I was able to use a smaller disk as my destination, a 2.2 Gig 2.5" 
> drive.... And this worked!
> 
> I don't understand why this didn't work for even slightly larger disks, 
> but, anyway, the "dd" command, as below, does seem to make a bit-for-bit 
> disk copy.

If you are copying Windows it might be a Windows problem. They
hardcode some HDD-data into the boot process, that breaks when the HDD
changes. 

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