Ubuntu :: Using Dd Command To Get Image Of Windows Machine?
Jul 20, 2011
this is a procedure that was put in place before i got here. We basically just install windows and then use this command to create the image
dd if=/dev/sda | gzip -c | split -b 2000m /mnt/foldername/filename.img.gz.
i have been using this for a close to 2 years but have recently run into a problem where i am only getting part of the image. This is the first windows 7 64 bit machine that i have done it on so im not sure if that has to do with it.
the error im getting is dd: reading '/dev/sda' : input/output error
it is erroring out at the exact same point everytime i try it.
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Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gatway: 192.168.1.1
+ Firewall is turned OFF.
B. For Linux machine, I will list everything stored in network files, logged as [root@localhost ~]# :
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route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
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NETWORKING_IPV6=no
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NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
ONBOOT="yes"
BOOTPROTO="yes"
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search locadomain
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/etc/init.d/network start
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eth0 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:0D:EE:19:66
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr:........
[code]....
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