On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:29:36 +0000 (/etc/localtime), Mike keithley wrote:
>How does one compress a an image on a device. Say I want to send a
>compressed image of /dev/sda to tape. Seems like gzip won't work as it
>won't handle a device. Thanks.
dd if=/dev/sda of=<file>
gzip <file>
You can also write dd output to stdout and then pipe it to gzip,
but I can't remember the option. man dd.
/Per Jessen
regards,
Per Jessen
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