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== Image a drive over a network with dd and nc == | == Image a drive over a network with dd and nc == | ||
| − | + | Start the receiving side first. This assumes machine 192.168.1.100: | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| − | + | nc -l -p > disk_image.gz | |
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | + | Then start sending: | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
| − | + | dd bs=1M if=/dev/sda | gzip -c - | nc 192.168.1.100 2222 | |
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 18 October 2007
Image a drive over a network with dd and nc
Start the receiving side first. This assumes machine 192.168.1.100:
nc -l -p > disk_image.gz
Then start sending:
dd bs=1M if=/dev/sda | gzip -c - | nc 192.168.1.100 2222
