Subj : Re: power of dd
To   : Benny Pedersen
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Thu Sep 30 2021 03:19 am

Benny wrote:
> Hello All!
> 
> its my first time doing an image with dd, so now i have to try rufus to write it out on a usb pin :)
> 
> if succes bye linode.junc.eu
> 
> story behind, linode was the first vps i created servial years ago to get all my hosting content out of adsl, lol, yes i started with email at the date of adsl widt 512K/128K bit uplink/downlink, it had even homepage served later then its speeds gone raced to astoning speeds of 1Mbit/768Kbit, that was time. now my home fiber optical is 20000Mbit, where was this cable when i had a need for it ?

If your network connection is so fast, it would have been better to tar the
files and copy or even use rsync over ssh.

If you use dd on a whole disk, your image will be that size. a dd of /dev/sda1
that is 10gb will leave you with a 10gb image.
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