<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText88478 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I've done a lot of dd copies for forensic analysis and so on and have never had a problem booting a copy, even on radically different hard drives (as long as they are both IDE, for example, you should be fine).  From my personal experience, as long as the target drive is big enough you'll be fine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW, there is a better bit-level copy program on the Helix boot CD - faster and better than dd</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV id=idSignature61424> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman">Mark Lachniet<BR>Technical Director, Security Group<BR>Analysts International<BR>(517) 336-1004 (voice)<BR>(517) 336-1160 (fax)<BR>mailto: mlachniet@analysts.com</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><BR> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Charles Ulrich<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 11/8/2006 12:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Benjamin Cathey<BR><B>Cc:</B> linux-user@egr.msu.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GLLUG] imaging further with dd?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><PRE style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">Benjamin Cathey wrote: > Okay - here is what I am trying > > Booting both machines with a LiveCD (Insert Security.) Then on the receiving > machine: > > netcat -l -p 9000 | dd of=/dev/hda > > On the source machine: > > dd if=/dev/hda | netcat 192.168.0.173 9000 Just remember that dd does a bit-for-bit copy and that if the two drives aren't the same exact model number, the results may not be what you expect. If they are different, you may get better mileage out of rsync or some other file-based backup utility. -- Charles Ulrich Ideal Solution, LLC - http://www.idealso.com _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list linux-user@egr.msu.edu http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user </PRE></DIV></BODY></HTML>