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PetrGlad/backup drive contents (dd) to samba share

Created January 11, 2013 10:36
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  1. PetrGlad created this gist Jan 11, 2013.
    7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions backup drive contents (dd) to samba share
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    # From http://www.joescat.com/backup/disk_image.html

    mount -o username=name,password=secret //server/share backup
    dd if=/dev/sda | gzip -c | split -b 638m - backup/backup.img.gz.

    # Restoration
    cat backup/backup.img.gz.* | gzip -dc | dd of=/dev/sda