From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E0443F5B6 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:12:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2JECVm26732 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:12:31 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2JECVV14797 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:12:31 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2JECVY14793 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:12:31 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2JECVm26728 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:12:31 -0500 Received: from mgorse.dhs.org (root@209-6-177-105.c3-0.ded-ubr1.sbo-ded.ma.cable.rcn.com [209.6.177.105]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2JEAd900729 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:10:39 -0500 Received: from localhost.localnet (mgorse@localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by mgorse.dhs.org (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g2JEK0F7008975 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:20:00 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:20:00 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Gorse To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Imaging the hard drive? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Janina, I am not sure that that would work well for what he wants to do. I would not trust dd to make an image of a file system for the purpose of transporting it to another computer which may have a different hard disk and a Linux partition of a different size. Tar should work well, however, so long as you pass it parameters to exclude anything that you do not want copied (ie, /proc). -- Michael Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org -- On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > Imaging in linux is the easiest imaging you will ever do. > > Use the dd command partition by partition as follows: > k