Re: copying a disk image to restore on linux

From: stefmit (stefmit@starband.net)
Date: 12/24/02

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    From: stefmit <stefmit@starband.net>
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 16:21:02 -0600

    Are you saying that:

    # df -h ==> used MB or GB

    then:

    # dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=1M count=<used MB or GB> | gzip > hda1-image.gz

    then, on the new drive:

    # zcat hda1-image.gz | dd of=/dev/hda1 >& /dev/null

    won't cut it for you?!?

    On Tuesday 24 December 2002 04:12 am, phani@myrealbox.com wrote:
    > hi all,
    > I would like to know if there are any utilities on linux (preferably
    > freeware) which can create a complete image of the hard-drive. I know dd
    > exists, but that would create the image of the entire drive. If the drive
    > was (say) 40 GB and the free space is 20 GB then that would be a waste of
    > space. Is there a tool which would let me create the image of the used
    > space on the drive ?
    >
    > thank you
    > gangadhar

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