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<p>Created page with &quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/17087/clone-whole-partition-or-hard-drive-to-a-sparse-file dd_rescue -a -b 8M /dev/sda1 /mount/external/backup/sda1.raw The copy may...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/17087/clone-whole-partition-or-hard-drive-to-a-sparse-file<br /> <br /> dd_rescue -a -b 8M /dev/sda1 /mount/external/backup/sda1.raw<br /> The copy may be interrupted at any time by Ctrl-C, showing the current position. This value can be used, when restarting by adding -s and the position to the original command, e.g.<br /> <br /> dd_rescue -a -b 8M -s 42000k /dev/sda1 /mount/external/backup/sda1.raw<br /> <br /> virt-sparsify</div>

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