slimhase wrote: > WRT USB backup on linux: I just stumbled over this on a thread: > > "dd it! Usage would be something like > > Code: -------------------- > > sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=~/USB_image -------------------- > > where /dev/sdb is your usb drive as listed by > Code: -------------------- > > sudo fdisk -l -------------------- > > > and ~/USB_image is the image file where the copy will be made (a path > where the image file will be created). > > To restore the image to another USB drive just invert the process: > > Code: -------------------- > > sudo dd if=~/USB_image of=/dev/sdb -------------------- > > will restore ~/USB_image to the device sdb. > Just make sure that the new USB drive is as big or bigger than the > original one. > > You can also mount the image file you just created into a path without > need to restore it first to another USB drive with > > Code: -------------------- > > mount ~/USB_image /mnt/USB_image -o loop -------------------- > > > > Maybe this helps. Good luck! > > Edit: ...or maybe, this does only deal with one of the 2 partitions? I > don't know....
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