Re: copying a disk image to restore on linux

["Ing. Bernardo Lopez" <bloodk () prodigy net mx>]

Yes i know that aplication... his name is:


                        "tar"

Available in all unix flavors... and all good administrators know
that...

If you want an image, not a tarball... then... dd if=/dev/disk
fo=/........



El mar, 24-12-2002 a las 04:12, phani () myrealbox com escribió:
> 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 ?
>
> thank you
> gangadhar