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====dd====
duplication, imaging, transferral & restoration

Verify installed version by using the command-line interface:
%%# dd --version%%
Usage:
%%dd --help%%
WARNING: **{{color text="YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING OTHERWISE ALL YOUR DATA MAY BE DESTROYED" c="red"}}**

**Some //dd// operations require the drive to be __dismounted__ beforehand** (a LiveDVD, or USB, is useful in this case)

==Duplication & Imaging==

__Creating a duplicate partition (//sdb1//) of //sda1// partition (where the target partition must be greater in capacity)__: %%dd bs=4096 conv=noerror if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1%%
__Creating a compressed, duplicate image file of the //sda1// partition__: %%dd bs=4096 conv=noerror if=/dev/sda1 | gzip -fv9 > sda1partition.img.gz%%
http://www.zdnetasia.com/drive-and-partition-backups-with-dd-62203014.htm
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/learn-the-dd-command-362506/

==Also on the Wiki==
~[[Backup|Backup Information]]
~[[RippingOpticalMedia]]

==Related Webpages==
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=453827#453827 forum thread]]
~http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-make-linux-filesystem-backup-with-dd.html
~http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/ddcommand.htm
~http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/saw27/notes/backup-hard-disk-partitions.html
~http://www.backuphowto.info/linux-backup-hard-disk-clone-dd
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54231 forum thread]]
~[[http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=65509 forum thread]]
~http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1320
~[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)]]
~http://linux.die.net/man/1/dd

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