Re: best way to backup USB stick

[Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>]

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:15:56 -0600
Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I boot my PC from a USB stick with legacy grub.
> I want to back that up to disk and then restore it to another USB
> stick that is of different size.
> What's the best way?
> 
> Hugo

I'd probably dd the whole USB stick device (not the partition, the
whole device) to a file. I would think then that you could dd that file
ontop of any USB stick as large or larger than the original.

SteveT

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