I am supposing this will not work - simply using dd to copy the booted disk /dev/sda for example to a file on an external hard drive. This would not be a good back as too many system file would be missed. right?

  • @Oisteink
    2•3 months ago

    You can boot off usb stick. Or grab a copy of clonezilla and boot off that memory stick with all the tools you’d want for drive or partition copy/restore

    • piefedderatedd
      2•2 months ago

      Indeed. Clonezilla is cool but comes with a considerable learning curve and lots of text to read. Rescuezilla, based on Clonezilla, is easier.

      • Old_Geezer
        2•1 month ago

        thanks for this, hadn’t heard of Rescuezilla before. I’ll have to take it for a spin.