7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/05/10 16:11, Manuel Klemenz wrote:
> > I'm calculating checksums over partitions just by calling # md5sum
> > /dev/sda1 or for the complete disk (incl. partition table + all
> > partitions) # md5sum /dev/sda
> >
> > that's it :) - works with any distro/liveDVD
> >
>
> Yep...... don't have to fool with an oddball program (dcfldd). So if
> you're dd'ing a disk, you need to:
>
> 1. dd the source to the destination.
> 2. md5sum the source
> 3. md5sum the destination.
Why not just call:
sdd if=/dev/something bs=1m -md5 -onull
Jörg
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