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Using the dd command
# dd --version dd (coreutils) 6.9 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, and Stuart Kemp.
Dd is like Symantec Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image and Symantec Drive Image. It can perform any type of drive/partition/image duplication, imaging, cloning, transfer and restoration.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/learn-the-dd-command-362506/
When using the dd command the source and target disks/partitions:
- must not be the same
- must be unmounted
_References
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=453827#453827http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-make-linux-filesystem-backup-with-dd.html
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/ddcommand.htm
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/saw27/notes/backup-hard-disk-partitions.html
http://lazysystemadmin.blogspot.com/2010/07/creating-hard-disk-image-file-it-is.html
http://www.backuphowto.info/linux-backup-hard-disk-clone-dd
