[TriLUG] image of hard drive question

[James Jones]

I usually check out Intrex and Compusa ( soon to be back to the name
tiger direct ). Price means a lot to me. I do get a discount at Intrex
( trilug discount ).

Thanks for all the info.

jcj

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, James Jones wrote:
>
>> Joseph,
>>
>> That is encouraging information. Now it is off to purchase a hard drive.
>
>
> I get mine from Intrex. They have an extended return time (3weeks?) incase
> the drive has problems. This gives you time to run `badblocks -swv` on it
> before you start using it.
>
>
>> Any comments, pitfalls during the imaging routine that I should be looking
>> for or trying to avoid?
>
>
> I use dd on a live CD (systemrescue
> http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage). I boot off the CD, dd the
> image to my backup drive, then mount the image and fill the empty space with
> zeroes.
>
> You know what dd does and you aren't dependant on anyone else to use it.
>
> I run smartmontools on my drives once a month. It only catches problems
> about half the time, but it's better than nothing. Unfortunately you can't
> run smartmontools through a USB connection, so you won't get any info on
> your backup drive. I have this problem here. It's just life.
>
>
> Joe
>
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