On 06/06/10 15:47, Joerg Schilling wrote: > 7v5w7go9ub0o<7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 06/05/10 16:11, Manuel Klemenz wrote: >>> I'm calculating checksums over partitions just by calling # >>> md5sum /dev/sda1 or for the complete disk (incl. partition table >>> + all partitions) # md5sum /dev/sda >>> >>> that's it :) - works with any distro/liveDVD >>> >> >> Yep...... don't have to fool with an oddball program (dcfldd). So >> if you're dd'ing a disk, you need to: >> >> 1. dd the source to the destination. 2. md5sum the source 3. md5sum >> the destination. > > Why not just call: > > sdd if=/dev/something bs=1m -md5 -onull
err...... what is sdd? If it is significantly faster than dd/dcfldd, then sdd may be the magic bullet! E.G. one would: 1. sdd if=/dev/something bs=xx -md5 -o /dev/somethingout 2. sdd if=/dev/somethingout bs=xx -md5 -o null Of course, one might ask, "is it on Knopix?"
