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Full backup with dd to fat32 external
Authored by: shamael_2097 on Nov 05, '05 02:54:45PM
Hallo, I was trying to backup my powerbook to a FW fat32 formatted hard drive when I came across this... Would dd work in creating a perfect backup of my internal hd that can be restored in case of problems yelding a working OS? Also, I'm kinda new to unix so would a command like this, run from a live-cd after the /dev/zero cleanup, do the job?
 dd if=/dev/hda# | gzip -9 | split -b 4096m /dev/sda#/somedir/macosx 
and to restore:
 cat /dev/sda#/somedir/macosx* | gzip -d | dd of=/dev/hda# 
In the hint the block size is specified, does it depend on source or target disk?

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Will this work if the drive wont mount?
Authored by: TheLoneRoger on Jan 17, '06 07:36:49AM

Am I right in thinking that if the disk wont mount, you can't get a file path from disktool and therefore can't use this method ?
I have a (dead) drive that appears to be spinning but I can't get it to mount. It seems to be stuck in some kind of loop, making a rhythmical clicking sound which might be interesting were it not for the fact that i want the data off that drive!
Is there any hope for this drive...?



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