[CentOS] disk cloning ?

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:59 AM, hadi motamedi <motamedi24 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/11/13, Arun Khan <knura9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
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>
> Please find below :
> #parted -list
> disk /dev/hda 21.5GB
> sector : 512B/512B
> partition : msdos
> disk : /dev/sdb 40GB
> sector : 512B/512B
> partition : msdos
> error: unable to open /dev/md0
> unrecognized disk label.

      Where is /dev/sdc?

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