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They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.to receive this Complete Guide absolutely free. Quote:Copy a disk partition to a file on a different partition. Do not copy a partition to the same partition.dd if=/dev/sdb2 of=/home/sam/partition.image bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerrorThis will make a file that is an exact duplicate of the sdb2 partition. You can substitue hdb, sda, hda, or whatever the disk is called.Restore a disk partition from an image file.dd if=/home/sam/partition.image of=/dev/sdb2 bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerrorCould someone please explain why bs=4096 and conv=notrunc,noerror is used? By DrCR on Fri, 2007-12-21 14:49bs=446 count=1 is way to backup the MBR, but not the partition table, so yes, it can be less than 512.bs=4096 - When copying large amounts, say, backing up a partition, bs=4096 tends to be the best choice for faster, more modern machines so I hear.You can indeed compress on the fly, via piping. For example, here's the command I recently used to backup one of my partitions:dd if=/dev/sda1 bs=4096 bzip2 OSXsda1ddbackup.bz2I don't know anything about conv= stuff.I haven't read the review yet, but still wanted to answer so of your questions.DrCRA5N8X, 3500+ single-core Manchester, 2x512MB Corsair XMS, MSI 7600GTS-12 430W, HR-05, Scythe Mime, VF900 modded with Scythe 80x25mm.
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