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From: Alex Snow <alex_snow@gmx.net>
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Hi,
Another option that might work is using pv in addition to, or instead of 
dd.  For example you could do:
pv /dev/sda >/mnt/backup.bin

Note that doing a backup this way is going to take quite a while, 
depending on the size and speed of the devices involved.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 09:16:53PM -0500, Angelo Sonnesso wrote:
> I want to make an image backup of a harddrive and save it on a USB drive 
> using dd.
> If I use dd will speakup keep posted about my progress?
> Has anyone done this?
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