Comments on: Disk imaging with netcat and dd with ubuntu linux http://linuxtipsandtricks.com/shell/disk-imaging-with-netcat-and-dd-with-ubuntu-linux/ A collection of tips, tricks and everything linux Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: mnk0 http://linuxtipsandtricks.com/shell/disk-imaging-with-netcat-and-dd-with-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-39 mnk0 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:22:27 +0000 http://linuxtipsandtricks.com/?p=141#comment-39 Hey thanks for the tip! I actually always left that bs flag out but not anymore!! :) Hey thanks for the tip! I actually always left that bs flag out but not anymore!! :)

]]> By: UbuntuLinuxHelp http://linuxtipsandtricks.com/shell/disk-imaging-with-netcat-and-dd-with-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-37 UbuntuLinuxHelp Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:58:25 +0000 http://linuxtipsandtricks.com/?p=141#comment-37 oops... that should have said (as an example): bs=16M :) oops… that should have said (as an example):

bs=16M

:)

]]> By: UbuntuLinuxHelp http://linuxtipsandtricks.com/shell/disk-imaging-with-netcat-and-dd-with-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-36 UbuntuLinuxHelp Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:02:12 +0000 http://linuxtipsandtricks.com/?p=141#comment-36 Don't forget to use the bs switch in dd or you will be waiting for ever! Something like bs=16M should work so instead, you can boost performance with the command something like: netcat -l -p 4444 | dd of=remote-machine.img bs=16 Don’t forget to use the bs switch in dd or you will be waiting for ever!

Something like bs=16M should work so instead, you can boost performance with the command something like:

netcat -l -p 4444 | dd of=remote-machine.img bs=16

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