Indeed. Also, you'd actually want 'conv=noerror,sync'. The 'sync' keeps the input and output block counts in sync (if an input block can't be read, it writes

Indeed. Also, you'd actually want 'conv=noerror,sync'. The 'sync' keeps the input and output block counts in sync (if an input block can't be read, it writes an output block of zeros to keep the block counts in 'sync'). The arch wiki page is very useful: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/disk_cloning https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/disk_cloning