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Create an Image - enigma - 2004-04-21
Hi, I have recently downloaded a program called partimage (A clone of ghost) I am looking for some information on making and image of my linux drive. Also if you know of a different way to create an image that would be great the software doesn't really matter only createing the image does :)
Create an Image - grep420 - 2004-04-29
dd if=/dev/hda of=hda.iso
you now have an iso image of the entire contents of drive hda
Create an Image - jerrywilborn - 2004-05-05
be careful that you don't treat that file like an iso9660 (like a cd) file. that is a raw sector by sector dump of that physical device.
you can then reverse the instructions on to a partion that is of _exactly the same size_. i can't stress exactly enough.
dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/tmp/hda1-dumpfile
dd if=hda1-dumpfile of=/dev/hda1
if stands for infile, of stands for outfile.