<div dir="auto">Is there a compelling reason to use ddrescue over dd for this? Is gnu ddrescue the preferred choice of the ddrescues?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Or is this a fool's errand?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 11:14 PM Curt Howland <<a href="mailto:Howland@priss.com">Howland@priss.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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On Monday 22 March 2021, Bruce Labitt was heard to say:<br>
> Since the sizes are "equal", can I just # dd if=/dev/sdb<br>
> of=/dev/sdf bs=1M status=progress and be done with it? Is there<br>
> anything else that I'd need to do to get it to boot?<br>
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Since using dd to copy boot .iso images works, I would assume the boot <br>
record of a hdd would be copied over as well.<br>
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Just an assumption, since that's not something I've ever tried.<br>
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So long as your sdf has nothing on it of consequence, the worst thing <br>
that could happen is failure and you go back to your existing sdb.<br>
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Do say what happens, curiosity abounds. <br>
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Curt-<br>
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- -- <br>
You may my glories and my state dispose,<br>
But not my griefs; still am I king of those.<br>
--- William Shakespeare, "Richard II"<br>
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