Re: Backing up linux disk to image on external usb hard disk

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:33:03 -0800, mbanyon wrote:

I would like a full disk
image backup of my linux install onto my external hdd

I use Knoppix (Live DVD) and the instruction 'cat' to do this, e.g.

cat /dev/hdb > /media/sda1/linux_image

Or - to get compression:

cat /dev/hdb | gzip > /media/sda1/linux_image.gz

And to be told how long it took, just prefix with 'time', i.e.

time cat /dev/hdb | gzip > /media/sda1/linux_image.gz

Proof of the pudding?

Last year my Linux drive went castors up. Restored the backup onto
new drive with just one command:

time cat /media/sda1/linux_image.gz | gunzip > /dev/hdb

It then booted up normally as if nothing had happened.

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