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sudo mkdir /mnt/sdb1 sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/sdb1/sda.dd I am basically mounting my portable hard drive (sdb1) and creating a bit image copy of sda ...
  1. 04-01-2010 #1
    eazye
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    DD Commands

    sudo mkdir /mnt/sdb1
    sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1
    sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/sdb1/sda.dd

    I am basically mounting my portable hard drive (sdb1) and creating a bit image copy of sda on to the hard drive.


    Can anyone explain what each line in the command is doing? e.g. what does ntfs-3g mean? what does the third line mean?

    Can someone please explain?

    Thanks
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  2. 04-01-2010 #2
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    ntfs-3g means you are mounting NTFS formatted disk
    3rd line copies a disk byte for byte to a file
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