> is it possible with this version of dd to image a > partition. > at the moment i dont know how partitions are named in > opensolaris. > i say it the linux way: > /dev/sda1 > /dev/sda2 > is it possible to create a image from sda1 to sda2 > this way: > dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sda2/backup.img > when i do it the other way: > d if/dev/sda2/bakup.img of=/dev/sda1 > would the drive be bootable? > because the linux rescue cd cannot access to zfs, i > can use the opensolaris live cd to create restore the > image.
dd copies blocks. Provided you don't use any args but bs= (some multiple of 512), and if you want to if= and of= rather than stdin and stdout, and provided there's enough room where you copy to (and no I/O errors), it just copies everything. If you're restoring to the same place you copied from, and it's the same size and has the same partition name and attributes, I would expect that would work. But I use SPARC almost all the time and x86 hardly ever, so there might be some problem I'm not aware of or understanding. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
