Hard disk backup using dd

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 10 May 2004, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Because of some communication and cultural problems, I need to know how
> to make a full disk backup. I hear that you can use "dd" to make a CD
> ISO image which you can transfer to another hard disk (even if it is a
> different size), but I don't know how to do that.
>
> Any help would be deeply appreciated!

dd if=/dev/original of=backup.iso

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