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Re: copy partition from a remote server



> Hi List!
> 
> The problem is the following:
> 
> The remote machine (sarge) has a hdd with 5GB data.
> It's accessible via ssh over the web.
> I want to make a partition backup from it to a hdd in my office
> to be able to replace the remote hdd with the backup one if the remote 
> hdd crashes (and no other installation is required).
> I know that dd can do it locally.
> But how to backup the hdd image remotely?
> Bandwith is no problem ( for me :) )

scp remote:/dev/hdd hdd.img ?



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