dd cloning disks

[cdoerbec at cso.fmr.com (Christoph Doerbeck a242369)]

Don't forget to stuff the disk in an anti-static bag 
before shipping it to Asia.  


> > Hello everyone, I am cloning a multiboot disk to another, the size is
> > 10gigs, I've been looking arround (googling) but I can't seem to find
> > any documentation on how long this will take. 500mgh,128ram. I have to
> > leave work and I would like to know I left with a copy of my work.
> 
> I think much of this has been answered, but if you are cloning a live
> filesystem you could have some issues. 
> 
> I always prefer to shutdown to single user mode or boot into a rescue
> system before doing the copy. 
> Additionally, although dd will do an image copy, when copying a Windows
> partition, you should probably sys the new Windows partition to insure
> you can boot it.