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2 FAQ tagged "bootloader"

• Linux Copy One Hard Disk to Another Using dd Command

  Q. How can I copy one hard disk to another using dd command?
  A. dd command can copy disk in raw format. It will copy partition table and bootloader and all partitions within this disk. For example, you can copy /dev/sda to /dev/sdb (same size) using the following dd command. dd should complete with no errors, [...]

• OpenBSD set up default boot time by modifying boot.conf file

  Q. I’m using OpenBSD as VPS os (guest os) under VMWARE server. However OpenBSD pauses for a few seconds to give me a chance to provide parameters to the kernel at boot> prompt. I’d like to force boot loader to wait for 30 seconds instead of default timeout. How do I setup bootloader timeout?
  A. [...]

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