Re: copying a disk image to restore on linux

[Devdas Bhagat <dvb () users sourceforge net>]

On 24/12/02 15:42 +0530, phani () myrealbox com wrote:
> hi all,
>    I would like to know if there are any utilities on linux (preferably 
> freeware) which can create a complete image of the hard-drive. I know dd 
> exists, but that would create the image of the entire drive. If the drive 
> was (say) 40 GB and the free space is 20 GB then that would be a waste of 
> space. Is there a tool which would let me create the image of the used space 
> on the drive ?
dump
tar
for compression: gzip, bzip2
But taking only the used space is not a complete image unless you are
looking for backup tools.

Devdas Bhagat