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Title: Sector by sector copy of one pendrive to another ?
Post by: Magnum on October 30, 2013, 12:01:40 AM

Is it possible to do a sector by sector copy of one pendrive to another of equal or greater capacity ?

It is FAT 32 has Puppy Linux on it.

Most other Linux distros file systems are ext 3,4, and 5 if that makes any difference.

Andy

Title: Re: Sector by sector copy of one pendrive to another ?
Post by: Vortex on October 30, 2013, 03:39:22 AM

Hi Magnum,

You can use dd the command to do a sector by sector copy. Depending on your device names :

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dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29

Title: Re: Sector by sector copy of one pendrive to another ?
Post by: Gunther on October 30, 2013, 03:59:53 AM

Andy,

Quote from: Vortex on October 30, 2013, 03:39:22 AM
You can use dd the command to do a sector by sector copy. Depending on your device names :

Code Select Expand
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29

yes, dd is very powerful. Please check the man pages, too.

Gunther

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