And that is why I ask those questions on this list! Thanks Tom.

JT

On 2/20/2016 10:06 AM, tom-...@bgp.nu wrote:
> +1 for Clonezilla.  I keep it on an old usb stick, boot from it and clone the 
> drives.  I use it fairly frequently and keep copies of machine drives so if I 
> lose one I can just put in the clone and continue on my way.  Also, as Sarah 
> mentions, not only is dd copying every bit (even blanks) and taking a long 
> time to do it, you should be booted off a third disk anyway to avoid the 
> problem of copying live, changing data.  Often this doesn’t cause a problem, 
> but it CAN cause problems and I’ve had issues related to it in the past.
>
> -Tom
>
>> On Feb 20, 2016, at 9:23 AM, Sarah Armstrong <sarahj.armstron...@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> clonezillia is better for a number of reasons , it may seem complex but
>> you'll soon get the hang of it
>> the problem with using dd is it will also copy temp files, temp drive and
>> your uuid's to the cloned drive , amongst other things
>> you also dont want to be using the drive that your copying ... ( might
>> sound obvious now )
>>
>> also if your copying to drives of different sizes dd wont like it ,
>> clonezilla will only copy whats needed and not all the blanks as dd will
>> just , well copy everything blind . clonezilla works as a live cd , so your
>> not running the drive your copying .
>>
>> dd works fine dont get me wrong , ok if it's your own machines , but if
>> it's for clients then i'd use clonezilla .
>> and if the drives are large like 1tb or 3 then look for around 6 hours of
>> doing nothing .
>>
>> just my 2 pence worth JT .
>>
>> personally i use rdrive image (http://www.drive-image.com ) & clonezilla
>> depends on how much of a rush i'm in
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 20 February 2016 at 13:48, John Thornton <j...@gnipsel.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I looked at Clonezilla and it seems way more complicated than using dd.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the idea.
>>>
>>> JT
>>>
>>> On 2/20/2016 5:51 AM, Alex Chiosso wrote:
>>>> Try to use Clonezilla. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> ----- Messaggio originale -----
>>>> Da: "John Thornton" <j...@gnipsel.com>
>>>> Inviato: ‎20/‎02/‎2016 12:38
>>>> A: "EMC Mailing List" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>>>> Oggetto: [Emc-users] Clone a HD
>>>>
>>>> I see two ways to clone a HD on the web one using dd and one using tar.
>>>>
>>>> Boot from the live cd. Mount your destination media to (say) /mnt.
>>>>
>>>> dd if=/dev/sd whatever of=/mnt/mybackup.ddimg
>>>>
>>>> In this case what do they mean by mount?
>>>>
>>>> Mount the source to /mnt, mount the destination to /home (say)
>>>>
>>>> tar cvfpz /home/mybackup.tar.gz   /mnt
>>>>
>>>> does this tar create a copy of the whole disk?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> JT
>>>>
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