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Backup harddisk to remote machine
dd bs=1M if=/dev/hda | gzip | ssh user@remote ‘dd of=hda.gz’
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Linux
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Dump/image CDROM to ISO file
To create an ISO image from your CD/DVD, place the media in your drive but do not mount it. If it automounts, unmount it. # dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/til/ISO-fil To make an ISO image from files on your hard drive, create a directory which holds the files you want. Then use the mkisofs command # mkisofs […]
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Howto install Fedora Core 5 (FC5) from a USB stick
Download the Fedora disk image from a mirror: # wget http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/fedora/5/i386/os/images/diskboot.img Make sure that the USB device is unmounted: # sudo umount /dev/sda1 Copy the img to the usb key device: # dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sda Reboot and then select a network based install by typing: linux askmethod
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Recover a dead hard drive using dd
The Unix program dd is a disk copying util that you can use at the command line in order to make a disk image. It makes a bit-by-bit copy of the drive it’s copying, caring nothing about filesystem type, files, or anything else. It’s a great way to workaround the need for Norton Ghost. Normally, […]