On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 3:14 PM, hadi motamedi <motamedi24 at gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All > I needed to clone my disk to another hard drive . I did it as the following : > #dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc > But after a while, the procedure ended with the "writing to /dev/sdc > input/output error" message. Is /dev/sdc >= /dev/sdb? Also, input/output error is an indication of a hardware problem (disk controller on the board, cable, or the disk). > Can you please let me know how can I overcome this as the fdisk now returns as " > #fdisk /dev/sdc > "I do not know how to handle files with mode 81a4 > must set cylinders" What does 'parted --list' display? > What can I do at know ? Post the answers for above. -- Arun Khan