Best I can tell, the issue with the original dd command is that you're
referencing the device you want the image saved to by its device name,
not its mount point.
You probably want to mount /dev/sdb1 somewhere on your directory
tree(/media/sdb1 is a common choice) and then set the of argument in
t
Hello,
if you want backup your system, use:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda1 of=file.iso
If you have broken system and you want to restore it from your backup,
use this:
sudo dd if=file.iso of=/dev/sda1
it restores only your one partition. If you want restore all disk, you
must write sda without number.
Hi All,
Now that I have Debian going on the Asus 701, I want to make a backup of the
4GB internal drive, and I booted up to Vinux on a USB drive to do a DD of
/dev/sda.
This Vinux is Ubuntu 11.04.
So in the terminal I did:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb1/filename.iso
And it gave me the DD error
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