Am Montag, den 29.09.2008, 09:27 -0700 schrieb nate:
henry ritzlmayr wrote:
Hi list,
should it be possible to scp a partition with this command:
scp /dev/sda7 backupserver:/backup/sda7.img
/dev/sda7 is just a file, if you copy it it doesn't mean you'll copy the contents of the partition you'll just copy the block file itself, equivalent to running the mknod command on the other end.
You need to stream the contents of the file to get the data from it, like your dd example.
nate
Thanks for the answer nate, I get your idea. There are just a few odd things with it.
scp backupserver:/backup/sda7.img /dev/sda7
Works like a charm - meaning it copies the content.
cp /dev/sda7 /backup/sda7.img
Works like a charm as well.
And the research for example:
http://sammoffatt.com.au/knowledge-base-mainmenu/6-daily-linux/9-scp-and-ssh
Describes exactly this procedure - which looks like it works there.
Henry