[TriLUG] backup windows with dd

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Ian Kilgore wrote:

> 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
>> generator at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml
>> Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux!
>
> Is it a sparse file?

Is the file made by dd sparse?

I don't know. How would I tell?

It's a copy of a defragmented partition of about 3G of files 
followed by 7G of NULLs.

Joe


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Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina
jmack (at) wm7d (dot) net - azimuthal equidistant map
generator at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml
Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux!