How to clone disks with Linux dd command | Linux Today

How to clone disks with Linux dd command

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Matt Vas
Aug 11, 2017

In this tutorial we’ll refer to a practical example of Linux dd command that can be used by system administrators to migrate or clone a Windows Operating System or a Linux OS from a larger HDD partitioned in MBR or GPT layout style to a smaller SSD.

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Matt Vas

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