User:PMay/Complete System Backup
Use dd to fill the disk with zeros
Fill the /boot partition
- clear the /boot partition with zero
dd if=/dev/zero of=/boot/deletemelater bs=1024 df rm /boot/deletemelater df
Fill the root partition
- use df to see how many blocky are free
- then use dd to fill them
dd if=/dev/zero of=/deletemelater bs=1024 count=<number_of_free_block - some> df rm /deletemelater df
Backup /boot
umount /boot dd if=/dev/sda2 | gzip | ssh mike@84.129.211.92 "cat > boot.img.gz" mount /boot