dd if=/dev/sda of=hdd.img dd if=hdd.img of=/dev/sda
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=hdd.img dd if=hdd.img of=/dev/sda1
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=hdd.img dd if=hdd.img of=/dev/sda1
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/mnt/cdbackup.iso dd if=/mnt/cdbackup.iso of=/dev/cdrom
Clone drives over a network:
dd if=/dev/sda | ssh username@host "dd of=/dev/sda"
Dump an image over a network:
dd if=/dev/sda | ssh username@host "dd of=/mnt/hdd.img"
Clone a networked drive onto yours:
ssh username@host "dd if=/dev/sda" | dd of=/dev/sda
Clone a networked image onto yours:
ssh username@host "dd if=/mnt/hdd.img" | dd of=/dev/sda
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MBR Total Size = 446 + 64 + 2 = 512
512 vs 446 Bytes:
dd command to copy MBR (identically sized partitions only)
Type dd command as follows:
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1
Above command will copy 512 bytes (MBR) from sda to sdb disk. This will only work if both discs have identically sized partitions.
dd command for two discs with different size partitions
dd if=/dev/sda of=/tmp/mbrsda.bak bs=512 count=1
Now to restore the image to any sdb:
dd if=/tmp/mbrsda.bak of=/dev/sdb bs=446 count=1
example: 32Gb to 8Gb
Given:
Count number of blocks to copy:
8015282176/512 = 15654848
Create image file:
sudo dd if=/dev/sdc of=jr1.img count=15654848
Write image file:
sudo dd if=jr1.img of=/dev/sdd
First, find out the process id of the dd process by running the following in the new virtual terminal.
$ pgrep -l '^dd$' 8789 dd
To send the USR1 signal to the dd prcoess:
$ kill -USR1 8789 $
Note that as soon as the USR1 signal is detected, dd will print out the current statistics to its STDERR.
$ dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null bs=1K count=100 0+14 records in 0+14 records out 204 bytes (204 B) copied, 24.92 seconds, 0.0 kB/s