What are we doing for disk imaging theses days?
dd ?
Rather use
dd_rescueas it’ll retry if it encounters any reading issue.No need for all these new-fangled tools when good ol’
dddoes the job just fine. (Though they certainly reduce the chance of accidentally nuking the wrong disk).
Ones I have used: GNOME Disks’ create and restore image features. Possibly Mint’s
mintstickfor writing a distro’s.isoout to a USB stick. I am not too sure on that.I assume old-school
ddstill works as well, which might be a better option for scripted backups or minimal systems.Ddeez nuts
Clonezilla and Rescuezilla The Clonezilla method takes a bit time to get used to (but I like it). Rescuezilla comes with a GUI.
To add to this. Take a look at the fog server project. It allows you to PXE boot and pull and push images in a automated way.
Take a look at the fog server project.
Thanks. https://fogproject.org
DD is the best for 1-1 copying, but I like to use CloneZilla, because it can compress and encrypt the images.
Definitely ddrescue. Unlike traditional dd, it can deal with failing drives, it’s operation is resumable, and has some other features that’s helpful. I would recommend using it even if your drive is fine.
What it produces is a byte for byte copy just like dd.@uhmbah
I use gnome-disks.
Then according to this german article:
gnulinux.ch/raw-images-verklei…
I reduce the images Partition to the smallest possible.
edit it’s content with kpartx and remove cache, tmp and trashbin
and reduce the disk and image size with pishrink.After learning how to install medicat i discovered ventoy. With ventoy you can copy and paste how ever many bootable iso files you like into it and run them all from the same drive/partition from a selectable boot menu. It’s amazing, I won’t be using dd anymore for boot disks.
Careful where you point that thing. I unintentionally disrupted someone’s life by introducing them to ventoy. Now they have been distrohopping like crazy because of how easy it is.
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