[CentOS] disk cloning ?

Mon Nov 11 10:49:35 UTC 2013
hadi motamedi <motamedi24 at gmail.com>

On 11/11/13, Vishesh kumar <linuxtovishesh at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think below command will serve your purpose.
>
> #dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc conv=noerror,sync
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> Vishesh Kumar
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> 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.
>> 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 can I do at know ?
>> Thank you
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Thank you very much for your help. I am now trying again with your new
proposed command. Please let me to post again if new problem
encountered.