I have a 124GB partition that, without mounting, I would like to copy to somewhere else. The problem is that I don't have 124GB of free space anywhere else, but I do have a little over 60GB. Is there a good way to get that 124GB onto the 60GB? Can I pipe the output of dd to gzip say? How would I do this? Am I sure to have a perfect copy when I'm done? I'm not sure how much of the 124GB I was using, I'll just have to cross my fingers on that regard.
I 'rm -r'd the partition and forgot about some important files on there. I want to recover them, but the first step is to make a copy of the partition. I'd prefer to make the copy and then work on the copy, but I'd settle for making a compressed copy and working on the original. 124GB down to 60GB. Would this work? : " dd /dev/hdb1 |gzip > /mnt/60gbPartition/hdb1.gz " Is there maybe a better compressor for the job? -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
