On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 13:42 -0700, Michael Peterson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Derek Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone know of a > > free imaging software that can backup a Linux machine without requiring a > > reboot? > > You can use dd to copy the contents of a device. Syntax is: > > dd if=/dev/sda1 of=~/image > > Where /dev/sd** where /dev/sd** is the drive and partition you want to > copy and ~/image is the place where you want to put the image.
Dude! Very bad idea! Only safe for a cold backup after booting off DVD. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
