Thomas Waldmann wrote:
> Then I use
>
> dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb count=1 (DANGER: DON'T FORGET count=1 !!!)
>
> to have the same partition table on sdb (and same again for sdc).
I've seen this suggestion before, but it doesn't work for me:
% fdisk /dev/sda -l
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9 72261 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 10 1106 8811652+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 10 271 2104483+ fd Unknown
/dev/sda6 272 973 5638783+ fd Unknown
/dev/sda7 974 1039 530113+ fd Unknown
/dev/sda8 1040 1072 265041 fd Unknown
/dev/sda9 1073 1089 136521 fd Unknown
/dev/sda10 1090 1106 136521 fd Unknown
% dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sde count=1
% fdisk /dev/sde -l
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: invalid flag 0x4140 of partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite)
Disk /dev/sde: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1115 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 * 1 9 72261 83 Linux
/dev/sde2 10 1106 8811652+ 5 Extended
/dev/sde5 ? 225604 236869 90488770 a9 Unknown
Anyone know what the problem is? The extended partition maybe?
