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Re: raw disk access



yes you can :)

On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 07:50:38PM +0100, Joshua SS Miller wrote:
> Just a thought, but could one just use cat?  I know that you can write
> disk image to a floppy with cat, so why should one not be able to cat
> /dev/hda1 > imagefile
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Joshua SS Miller
> 
> On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 03:19, Jean-Francois Dive wrote:
> > already answered but dd | nc (to send it to another box) is a classical.
> > 
> > Otherwise, some other tools can give you as well memory dumps which may
> > sometimes be very usefull.
> > 
> > JeF
> > 
> > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 10:08:22PM -0500, viv wrote:
> > > 	Hi.
> > > 
> > > 	As a Debian user, i am posting to this list first in the hopes
> > > 	that what i am looking for can be found as a Debian package.
> > > 
> > > 	i am looking for forensics tools that can be used in computer
> > > 	crime investigations, and am particularly interesting in a tool
> > > 	that provides raw drive (hard, floppy, CD, DVD, etc.) access in
> > > 	order to create complete and accurate drive images.
> > > 
> > > 	If such a tool does not exist within Debian, is anyone aware of
> > > 	any application (GPLed, please) that does?  Failing that, i am
> > > 	willing to write my own tool, if necessary, and would appreciate
> > > 	any pointers to good reference material (raw drive access and
> > > 	how to work with the images created).
> > > 
> > > 	If it helps, i am running with the latest 'unstable' packages.
> > > 
> > > 	Many thanks.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > viv <viv@veeev.com>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > -> Jean-Francois Dive
> > --> jef@linuxbe.org
> > 
> >   There is no such thing as randomness.  Only order of infinite
> >   complexity.  - _The Holographic Universe_, Michael Talbot
> > 
> 
> 
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-> Jean-Francois Dive
--> jef@linuxbe.org

  There is no such thing as randomness.  Only order of infinite
  complexity.  - _The Holographic Universe_, Michael Talbot



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