Re: dd for windows and imaging a 40Gb drive

[Peter Oven <myintended () gmail com>]

To image across the network I would recommend using dd and netcat.  I have done
this to make Linux clusters and it works quite well.

Peter Oven

Murad Talukdar wrote:
> Hi all,
> I need to estimate how long it would take to image a 40gb drive with a
> single partition on it using dd. (I guess this is more dependant on write
> speeds and throughput than anything else)
> Also, what would be the syntax of the output file be if I were to image
> across the network? Or can dd be used by using a crossover cable and mapping
> drives first?
> But, if I were to map a drive to the machine in question, does that
> 'interfere' with the drive in any way? 
> I'm planning to use dd for windows-which I can get to work fine for
> files/folders on my local machine but am struggling over the network because
> I'm not sure of the syntax. 
> No man dd on windows.

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