Are you saying that: # df -h ==> used MB or GB
then: # dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=1M count=<used MB or GB> | gzip > hda1-image.gz then, on the new drive: # zcat hda1-image.gz | dd of=/dev/hda1 >& /dev/null won't cut it for you?!? On Tuesday 24 December 2002 04:12 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi all, > I would like to know if there are any utilities on linux (preferably > freeware) which can create a complete image of the hard-drive. I know dd > exists, but that would create the image of the entire drive. If the drive > was (say) 40 GB and the free space is 20 GB then that would be a waste of > space. Is there a tool which would let me create the image of the used > space on the drive ? > > thank you > gangadhar
