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Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine
In the command line to restore, dd is dependent on gunzip feeding it image data. Because of the sync parameter, dd pads the last block with zeroes to make it a full block. So dd keeps going after the image.gz file is written. No space left on device is not an error. Many uses of dd require the device to run out of space. It's not a problem. But the sync conversion is helpful for the method of backup you are using (gzip).
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Thanks a lot!
It is good to know that my backup is not corrupted.
I'm very much relieved by this knowledge.
