Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 17:47:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Ken Seggerman <suleyman@echonyc.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using dd to copy a DOS partition Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104211739210.8627-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104201654140.29533-100000@echonyc.com>
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> Somebody at an Open Source OS install fest suggested that I could copy an > entire DOS partition to a file on a remote a UNIX file system by using dd. > > dd if=/dev/ad0s1 of=/mnt/backups/windows/filename.iso > 1644993+0 records in It works! This seems to be a viable drive to drive backup method. I tried a safer version of the above experiment using a smaller logical partition on another machine, filling it with copies of real data and executables. # dd if=/dev/ads05 of=/usr/backups/nt_d.backup I then rebooted into NT, deleted the contents of the D:\ drive, rebooted into FreeBSD and did: # dd if=/usr/backups/nt_d.backup of=/dev/ads05 and rebooted into NT. My D:\ drive was there as if it had never been deleted. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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