I have a USB thumbdrive thats got DSL (damn small linux) on it. I boot my PC with it. I love it. I'd like to "clone" this USB thumbdrive to another USB thumbdrive to have as a backup. Perhaps there's a tool or command to help me out? Thanks for any help.
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dd comes to mind. Once booted/when its mounted, perhaps something like this will work:
The above is all one line.
This is untested as I dont have any USB thumb drives handy to try with. But... since I have used similar to dupe CDs and Disks, dont see any reason it shouldnt work.
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dd if=/dev/location/of/usb_to_dupe of=/dev/location/of/new_usb_drive bs=512The above is all one line.
This is untested as I dont have any USB thumb drives handy to try with. But... since I have used similar to dupe CDs and Disks, dont see any reason it shouldnt work.
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