On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:45 AM Robert Nichols
wrote:
> Unless "conv=sync" is used, it does not. Without "conv=sync", when the
> input
> reaches EOF, dd will write whatever partial block has been read. If you
> _do_
> use "conv=sync", then that output block will be zero-padded to the obs
> size.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:18 AM Chris Murphy
wrote:
> I agree with the suggestions to use a tool appropriate for this task,
> and that dd isn't likely what you want. I like dd/ddrescue for the
> specific case of data recovery. But for data replication, it's better
> to use something that's intend
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:02 AM Jon LaBadie wrote:
>
> Does dd write a complete final block to the destination. If so, the image
> would not be an exact copy unless the source size is an exact multiple of
> the blocksize.
I don't know. I have not tried it yet.
How would I verify something lik
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 5:37 AM Samuel Sieb wrote:
> I don't know where you got that command from, but "noerror" would
> generally be used if the source device is failing. And yes, in that
> case, you might get a corrupted image.
>
The command came from here:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 2:02 AM Jorge Fábregas
wrote:
> You really should use a proper tool for the job. Something like
> partclone. That way you don't waste time & storage since you'll be
> saving *only* the used blocks. I mostly use CloneZilla (that uses
> partclone) but you can install part
On 11/22/20 9:31 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 01:38:34AM +0530, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:
Hi,
I use LVM on top of LUKS.
My entire root file system is on a logical volume. I have no seperate home
or swap partitions.
I would like to know how can I clone this logical volume to
I agree with the suggestions to use a tool appropriate for this task,
and that dd isn't likely what you want. I like dd/ddrescue for the
specific case of data recovery. But for data replication, it's better
to use something that's intended for that purpose.
Btrfs, it's either the seed/sprout featu
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 01:38:34AM +0530, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use LVM on top of LUKS.
>
> My entire root file system is on a logical volume. I have no seperate home
> or swap partitions.
>
> I would like to know how can I clone this logical volume to my external
> hard disk.
>
On 11/22/20 12:08 PM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:
I would like to know how can I clone this logical volume to my external
hard disk.
I have seen commands like :
dd if=/dev/vg/root_lv of=/mnt/exthdd bs=64k conv=noerror,sync
status=progress
I have a couple of questions about this:
1) Why use n
On 11/22/20 4:08 PM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:
> I would like to know how can I clone this logical volume to my external
> hard disk.
Hi,
You really should use a proper tool for the job. Something like
partclone. That way you don't waste time & storage since you'll be
saving *only* the used bloc
On 2020-11-22 04:47, Jonathan Billings wrote:
On Nov 20, 2020, at 18:43, ToddAndMargo via users
wrote:
Libre Office also does not remove prior major releases of itself as does their
Windows version. Makes for a mess.
You have to manually uninstall the old major release
manually.
I reported
Hi,
I use LVM on top of LUKS.
My entire root file system is on a logical volume. I have no seperate home
or swap partitions.
I would like to know how can I clone this logical volume to my external
hard disk.
I have seen commands like :
dd if=/dev/vg/root_lv of=/mnt/exthdd bs=64k conv=noerror,s
Have been working this on the BackupPC users mailing list, but it's
looking more like a general problem in F33's Samba utility, 'smbclient.'
BackupPC is a backup server package that uses Samba, rsync, and other
protocols to backup clients, including Windows PC's. Basically, it runs
a command l
On Nov 21, 2020, at 09:43, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 9:16 AM Kevin Becker wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2020-11-20 at 16:30 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>> For instance, I have both a home and a business Amazon
>>> account. Switching back and forth between the two
>
On Nov 20, 2020, at 18:43, ToddAndMargo via users
wrote:
>
> Libre Office also does not remove prior major releases of itself as does
> their Windows version. Makes for a mess.
> You have to manually uninstall the old major release
> manually.
>
> I reported it to them a while back, but they
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