Ask Klaus!

Ask Klaus!

Article from Issue 99/2009

Klaus Knopper is the creator of Knoppix and co-founder of the LinuxTag expo. He currently works as a teacher, programmer, and consultant. If you have a configuration problem, or if you just want to learn more about how Linux works, send your questions to: klaus@linux-magazine.com

Live CD Tricks

Question:

I sometimes use a Live CD and dd to image a computer's internal drive to a USB drive before I do something dangerous to it:

dd if=/dev/sda of=./laptop_backup

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