[mdlug] is it possible to dd a remote & live drive?

Clinton Weiss cvweiss at gmail.com
Wed Jun 10 08:52:17 EDT 2009


Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> If you can mount a partition, you can dd it.
> Use the same block device (/dev/drive_and_partition_spec)
> as you would to mount it
>
> If not sure, use the output from the df command, or
> cat /etc/mtab.
> __________________________________
It is already mounted and in use.  Will this be a problem for dd?




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