Using "dd" copy copy disk partitions
Dan Barrett
barrett at jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU
Sat May 18 08:54:45 AEST 1991
I have used "dd" to copy one disk partition to another over
ethernet (dd if=/dev/foo | rsh another dd of=/dev/bar). Unfortunately,
this causes the destination partition to believe it is the SAME SIZE
as the original partition, despite how it was created by newfs.
I'd like to know if there is a way to convince my destination
partition of its correct size. I tried "chpt -d" but that didn't do it. A
newfs did it, but of course my data doesn't like that. :-)
BTW, I know that using dump/restore instead of "dd" would avoid this
problem. I'd prefer an after-the-fact fix, not a new method. Thanks!
Dan
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