Cloning in External HDD

fareedreg · 12-18-2007, 04:02 AM

Hi friends

Is it possible to clone entire linux HDD image in External HDD(usb) in FAT or NTFS file system. If in case linux crashed Can this image will be called back in the HDD with all booting and system file. Is any special software will required

Thanks

stzein · 12-18-2007, 06:38 AM

1 simple command:
dd if=/dev/xda of=/mnt/usbdisk/systembackup2007-12.img

just substitute those paths with the paths on your system.

edit: to put the image back just reverse the command:
dd if=/mnt/usbdisk/systembackup2007-12.img of=/dev/xda