Re: [gentoo-user] Preserving the initial partionin/formatting of an usbstick

[Ian Bloss]

Checkout partclone, I think it does what you're looking for.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 12:19 <Meino.Cramer@×××.de> wrote:

> Hi Ia,
>
> thanks for your reply ! :)
>
> The usbstick I want to make an initial backup is 64GB of size.
> That means, I will backup mostly zeroes.
>
> Where are the partioning/format defining on the device?
> If there are only stored the beginning of the device: How
> much do I need to copy?
>
> or:
>
> If there are tools to extract all needed informations of the
> partioning/formatting and to recreate exactly that kind of
> partitioning/formatting later with that or other tools:
> Which tools do I need and how to use them?
>
> Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> Best regards,
> Meino
>
>
>
> Ian Bloss <ianlinkcd@×××××.com> [16-03-29 18:12]:
> > If you're gonna dd a drive you either go the same space or larger. To be
> > sure you get everything you can just
> >
> > dd if=/dev/oldstick of=/dev/newstick
> >
> > Replacing old/newstick with the correct device.
> >
> > You can even keep a backup image with
> >
> > dd if=/dev/oldstick of=/home/user/whateveryounamedit.img
> >
> > Which you then can replicate to any drive
> >
> > dd if=/home/user/whateveryounamedit.img of=/dev/newdevice
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 11:43 <Meino.Cramer@×××.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > since companies know their usbstick internals  best, they
> > > format their drives in a way, that the performance is best.
> > >
> > > That's why I want to make a complete image "backup" of my
> > > new usbstick first before using it in case of needing to
> > > reset the whole thing.
> > >
> > > The stick is a 64GB vfat formatted device.
> > >
> > > How much of the usbstick do I need to dd/pv from
> > > the stick to preserve *all* informations to do a
> > > "true factory reset" later if needed?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> > > Best regards,
> > > Meino
> > >
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