Re: make image of a hard disk

[Owen Townend <owen.townend@gmail.com>]

2009/5/26 Owen Townend <owen.townend@gmail.com>:
> 2009/5/26 Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com>:
> [snip]
>>
>> from what I read, sparse files is the empty blocks/spaces. I only need the
>> real data to be as it were. Thanks for the tip. I'll try this one out though
>> I'm wondering if logging still works by doing it like this
>> $ dd_rescue -v /dev/sda1 -l sda.log - | gzip > image.gz
[snip]

Yes, the logging should still work when doing it like this.

cheers,
Owen.