> dd if=/dev/hda | gzip | tar -cMf /mo  # mo is an magneto optical disk
> The problem is tar doesn't accept input from stdin, cause tar works file
> orientated.
> 
> I want to make a binary copy of a harddisk split into multiple volumes, how
> can I do this?

dd if=/dev/hda bs=10k skip=0 count=10000
dd if=/dev/hda bs=10k skip=10000 count=10000

etc...

see:

        man dd

-Tom


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