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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Mounting a disk clone Post 302468220 by ygemici on Tuesday 2nd of November 2010 05:38:41 AM
Old 11-02-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by old noob
I created this image with backtrack 4 release 2 using the AIR imager. the block size was set to 512. it is one big image with all the partitions on it.
Actually you dont need any tool for backup raw data..
If you clone as raw method in backtrack what block size is not very important

You can use dd command
Code:
dd if=/dev/sdb conv=sync,noerror bs=4096 | gzip -c  > /media/250189482C661005/recovery_image.img.gz


Last edited by ygemici; 11-02-2010 at 06:48 AM..
 

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DGETLP(1)						      General Commands Manual							 DGETLP(1)

NAME
dgetlp - simulate ``dget'' behaviour for files hosted at librarian.launchpad.net SYNOPSIS
dgetlp [-d|(-v|-q)] <Launchpad DSC URL> DESCRIPTION
dgetlp simulates dget behaviour by downloading and extracting the <Launchpad DSC URL> from the Launchpad Librarian. OPTIONS
Listed below are the command line options for dgetlp: -h, --help show this help message and exit. -d, --debug Enable debugging. -v, --verbose Enable verbose output. -q, --quiet Never print any output. <Launchpad DSC URL> This is the source package that you would like to be downloaded from the Launchpad Librarian. EXAMPLE
dgetlp http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10348157/coreutils_5.97-5.4ubuntu1.dsc AUTHOR
dgetlp was written by Terence Simpson <tsimpson@ubuntu.com> and modified by Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>. The python rewrite was written by Terence Simpson <tsimpson@ubuntu.com> based off the original. This man page was written by Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org>. Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. ubuntu-dev-tools 27 August 2008 DGETLP(1)
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