> > 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:
> ...
> % dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sde count=1
> % fdisk /dev/sde -l
> Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
> Anyone know what the problem is? The extended partition maybe?
Your guess is correct IMHO, it is the extended partition (more exactly: the
logical partitions in there are different).
In my case, I used ONLY(!) primary partitions:
sda1 /boot
sda2 swap
sda3 / (part of RAID5 array)
sda4 (empty)
Of course you can use all 4 primary entries, but you can't use logical
partitions with this method, because you can' t copy a partitioning scheme
with logical drives in an extended partition with just a single dd ...
Thomas
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