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Is there a way to have Linux read ahead when cloning a disk? I use the program named "dd" to clone disks. The last time I did this it seemed as though the OS was reading then writing but never at the same time. Ideally, the destination disk would be constantly...
Started by Mike on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
If not, non-blocking or even asynchronous reads/writes uses a block size equal to the disk....
Are you sure it isn't doing that at the same time? I would expect the disk caches to make sure it that happens.
One disk and writing the other.
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During development , testing, and deployment, I have a need to fully automate a windows 2003 server setup.
I'm trying to find the best way to automatically delpoy a server, which installs the OS, software dependencies that I have (for example SQL server...
Started by Tom Feiner on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Virtualization basically has all the benefits of disk cloning, but you don't have the hardware.
Is Virtualization.
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There's been a number of questions regarding disk cloning tools (yes, I did search for it) :) and dd has been suggested at least once. I've already considered using dd myself, mainly because ease of use, and that it's readily available on pretty much ...
Started by roe on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
First to....
There are a few drawbacks to using dd to clone disks.
To clone a disk, all you really need to do is specify the input and output to dd:
dd if=/dev/hdb will be a byte-for-byte clone of the entire disk.
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Symantec Ghost used to be the tool to use, but from what I read, you no longer get a cli-client, unless you are willing to buy the Ghost Solution Suite at least 5 licenses and have another service running on a server somewhere.
So what tool do you recommend...
Started by Zoredache on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
I believe they have a product just for cloning but their backup and restore software can also be used as a cloning....
My favorite disk cloning tool is Drive for about a year.
An option on Mac for bootcamp partitions, is WinClone.
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I would like to copy stuff in bulk (reimage disk using dd ) with netcat from host A to B via ssh encrypted channel on Linux.
What commands should I type on both ends? Could you please explain what each parameter means? I was googling for a while, but ...
Started by Evgeny on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
I presume that is the fastest way and not the secure one, you can copy and restore the whole disk like this:
On computer A with IP.
If you wanna use netcat without ssh.
To disk would just swap those two.
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Permisi para master Engineer sekalian, saya coba sedikit mengupas tentang cloning hard disk.
Menurut saya ini cukup penting untuk dikuasai oleh para Engineer, mengingat sekarang hampir semua mesin menggunakan hard disk.
Bila ada yang tidak sesuai mohon...
Started by wahid on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at pcba-forum):
Jd klo 1 corrupt saya tinggal....
OS di image ke tiap partisi bisa???
g di /C: saja.. .
Side effect??? Bad41 menulis: ini nech...
Jd klo 1 corrupt saya tinggal buat (active) partisi yg lain.. .
OS di image ke tiap partisi bisa???
g di /C: saja.. .
Ini nech...
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Sorry if this issue has already been addressed. Disk Wizard / Acronis creates 2 partitions on destination drive during clone, 10gb to 80gb drives. Windows XP Pro the OS. The 80gb is the Seagate. Retried a couple times, with and without partitioning the...
Started by BearHug on
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That really is the purpose of this program, right it and DOS formatted it .
Clone little HD to
bigger HD.
But I had used Disk Wizard before like this and had no problems at all.
- Eli Thanks, Eli.
Partition to fill up the free space.
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I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 with a PERC 4 controller and SCSI drives. I need to clone that to a PE2950 with a PERC6i with SAS drives. I've used the DKMS package along with the latest driver on Dells website to create a driver disk and successfully installed...
Started by oneodd1 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
I've had success with similar moves using a procedure.
The RHEL 4.3 rescue CD on the new box using the driver disk and verify that you've got working network using a rescuse disk and re-created the initrd.
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I've cloned my MacBook Pro's internal drive to a larger, faster hard drive, using Carbon Copy Cloner.
The new drive is installed and seems to be working fine. Is there anything I should do to "clean up" anything that may have been screwed up or left behind...
Started by Kristopher Johnson on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If the cloning process succeeded, you can boot from the new drive.
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
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Suppose I have an application with the following code:
public class Node { public Node Clone() {//implementation} public List<Node> Children{get;set;} //Many properties public string Content { get; set; } // ... etc ... }
I use serialization in ...
Started by Elad on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
So you want the deep ( BinaryFormatter ) version to skip... .
You can make your class implement IXmlSerializable to provide complete control of the serialization when you're using the XmlSerializer, and ISerializable to control serialization in other cases .
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