Creating a Disk Image on Linux Using DD

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#DiskImage #DD #SDCard

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Things You Will Need
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   - A USB flash drive  https://amzn.to/3wkR5ju |  https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p |  https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9
   - Or microSD card  https://amzn.to/36CpShC |  https://amzn.to/3JqyxSP
 
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Creating An Image
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   01. Insert the SD card or USB flash drive to make an image of
   02. Run the following commands in a terminal window:
         # list out disks
         sudo fdisk -l
         # run the following to create a .img, replace sdb with the correct source disk
         sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=~/flashstorage.img status=progress
         # run the following to create a compressed img, replace sdb with the correct source disk
         sudo dd if=/dev/sdb status=progress | gzip -c ≫~/flashstorage.img.gz
 
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Restoring An Image
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   01. Insert the SD card or USB flash drive to make an image of
   02. Run the following commands in a terminal window:
         # list out disks
         sudo fdisk -l
         # run the following to restore an .img to the target device
         # replace sdb with the correct source disk
         # MAKE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THE OUTPUT TARGET IS CORRECT
         # OR YOU COULD POTENTIAL DAMAGE YOUR OS
         # restore img
         sudo dd if=~/flashstorage.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress
         # restore gzipped img
         gunzip -c ~/flashstorage.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress
 


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