I recently purchaced a 256MB lexar jumpdrive pro, and I had a question about imaging it. What I wanted to to is use dd to make an image file from the drive for different situations. Like make an image of the drive with tons of network security and computer troubleshooting tools, and another with games...etc....
I read that you can make an image of a cdrom using dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso so i'm guessing I can do the same for my usb keychain drive with dd if=/dev/sda1 of=usbdrive.iso **here is the question** Now, to put the image back on the drive, is it just that easy to do as: dd if=usbdrive.iso of=/dev/sda1 It's not like I can burn the .iso with a usb drive. ;) Of course, when I get it just the way I want, I'll write a bash script that will automate it. Something with a menu like ---------------------------------- Welcome... Backup the drive 1 Pick a new filename and Image the drive 2 Image the drive over an existing filename List Images 3 List previous images Push a stored image to the drive 4 Push an image to the drive ---------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
