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Tag: disk image
Increasing (encrypted) disk image size with dd
When you have a raw disk image file, you may need to increase its size at some point. With dd, you can do this:
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Clonezilla as disk imager
I was always using partimage to make backups of the hard disks of workstations. When trying to restore one the other day, it just started giving CRC errors. After recreating the image and running a simulated restore, it gave CRC errors again. So, apparently, it's not incidental. It must be due to the experimental NTFS support. So, I set out to find a new tool. And that's how I found Clonezilla, which gives me a very good first impression.
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Mounting partititions residing inside a disk image
When you've read a disk with dd or ddrescue into an image file, one of the things you want to do is mount the partitions inside it. But, how does one do that? The answer is using losetup, with a bit of knowledge of partition offsets.
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