On 12/12/2011 3:13 AM, Emilio Lopez wrote: >> Before I consider actually doing it, I wanted to ask if there is the >> equivalent of "a recovery disk" that I can create with k3b so, assuming >> the problem is fixable, I can reinstall without having to go back to the >> original install disk (and then go through all the customizations and >> additional downloads). I've look on the Fedora docs (installation_guide) >> and didn't see anything. I am presuming that this is something that >> exists and I just haven't been able to google the right thing (or I've >> googled and not seen it as the right thing). > > I suggest making a image of the hard drive with dd command and store > it in a usb drive. You should use a liveCD to do this. > > Emilio. Better than dd, use ddrescue. The -S option makes a sparse copy which will take up much less disk space and will be correspondingly faster. Also you can stop and start without having to start over.
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