Hi there --

I am trying to get the dd command to successfully copy a disk image to a remote system. Right now I am testing out the syntax by trying to copy the /dev/sda1 directory of the subject computer. The command syntax that I am using is the following:

The user account running this command is root, and the account does have key-based authentication between the source and destination computers.

The command does not return any error messages, but when I check the directory on the destination system, the expected output is not there.

What step(s) do I need to correct this? Thanks.

You're missing the dd after the ssh. Is that just a typo?

This may help you:

http://alma.ch/blogs/bahut/2005/02/w...loning-os.html

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I am not sure about the syntax, but another option would be to use sshfs to mount the remote filesystem to a local directory, then use standard dd syntax of 'if' and 'of'

Hi there --

The missing dd after the ssh is not a typo, I didn't know it was supposed to be there. Once I added it in, the problem appeared to have been solved. Thanks.

ok, please post the command you used, for our records thanks.

Sure thing --

Also mark the tread as solved