Subject: Re: 'dd' ing a hard drive to a file
To: John Maier <jmaier@midamerica.net>
From: None <wojtek@3miasto.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/17/2001 09:12:12 
> Subject: 'dd' ing a hard drive to a file
> 
> I was trying to 'dd' a hard drive to a file and it sort of worked but died after
> 2 Megs.
> 
> Is this a limitation or is there a tric
no limits. i use it.

dd if=/dev/r...drive... of=file bs=large_value

i use 1-2 MB blocksize to reduce head seeking