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| dd command to copy MBR (identically sized partitions only) | dd command to copy MBR (identically sized partitions only) | ||
| Type dd command as follows: | Type dd command as follows: | ||
| - | dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1 | + | |
| Above command will copy 512 bytes (MBR) from sda to sdb disk. This will only work if both discs have identically sized partitions. | Above command will copy 512 bytes (MBR) from sda to sdb disk. This will only work if both discs have identically sized partitions. | ||
| dd command for two discs with different size partitions | dd command for two discs with different size partitions | ||
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