On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:42:44AM -0400, dave.goldsmithat_private wrote: > When you use the dd command to copy the source disk, does the destination > disk need to be the same size/geometry or just as large or larger. > > If it is larger, how do the MD5 checksums end up being the same? Wouldn't > there be additional data bits (in the remaining space) that would cause the > hash to change? These are good questions. The same model disk is going to give best results. :) If you have a larger disk handy, you can do the dd into a file on the filesystem of the larger disk, and even mount that directly using a loopback mount (-o loop) to save yourself from having to free up an IDE/SCSI plug or buying another hard drive. (Note, however, I am coming from a system administrator perspective. Judges/juries may have other ideas. IANAL. :) ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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