[TriLUG] backup windows with dd

Ian Kilgore ian at trilug.org
Mon Dec 11 15:44:21 EST 2006


On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:09:10AM -0800, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> Anyone know why the dd copy of size 6G is not the same size 
> as the 10G partition?
> 
> Thanks Joe
> -- 
> Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina
> jmack (at) wm7d (dot) net - azimuthal equidistant map
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Is it a sparse file?
-- 
Ian Kilgore
echo "pfxz at pfxz.trw" | tr pzfwxt ikagno
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