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Restoring a split image created by dcfldd
Say an image is generated by dcfldd using the following command:
dcfldd if=/dev/sourcedrive hash=md5,sha256 hashwindow=10G md5log=md5.txt \
sha256log=sha256.txthashconv=after bs=512 conv=noerror,sync ...
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dd/ddrescue style tool for SSDs that skips writes for identical blocks
I have a dd copy of a filesystem from a SSD I want to restore back to the same SSD filesystem due to a bad OS crash, putting it back into a known good state. 95% of the blocks will be the same, so to ...
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backup/image only partitioned space on sd card
i'm using dd to backup and restore sd card images but it insists on backing up the whole of the sd card including unpartitioned space. is there a way to avoid this or better process for cross platform ...
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How to Copy .VHD File to Physical Hard Disk Using DD Command
I have read other question/answers on this site that say this is possible, but I'm wondering how it is done. I have tried the following command, which completes successfully, but the NTFS isn't valid ...
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Why does my dd backup of MacBook OS X fail to boot upon restore?
I created a backup of a MacBook hard drive (WD2500BEVS-88US) by hooking it up as a secondary drive on my linux system (Ubuntu 10.10). I used the following command:
sudo dd if=/dev/sdc ...
