[NTLUG:Discuss] using dd to perform full backups

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On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 16:13, Robert Citek wrote:
> To create an image of a partition (/dev/hda1) is fairly straightforward:
>    dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/tmp/part1.img

I have heard (or at least I think I have) of people using dd as a backup
method.  Does anyone have any experience with this?  How well does it
work, what are the limitations?  Obviously the benefits are its a
complete image of the drive so the machine can be immediately re-created
in a disaster.

-- 
Woody

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