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minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoDo cp capture the raw bits like dd does? Not saying that its useful in the case you’re describing but that’s always been the reason I use it. When I want every bit on a disk copied to another disks, even the things with no meta data present.
minus-squareSnarwin@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoAs long as you copy from the device file (/dev/whatever), you will get “the raw bits”, regardless of whether you use dd, cp, or even cat.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThat makes sense. Thanks!
Do cp capture the raw bits like dd does?
Not saying that its useful in the case you’re describing but that’s always been the reason I use it. When I want every bit on a disk copied to another disks, even the things with no meta data present.
As long as you copy from the device file (
/dev/whatever
), you will get “the raw bits”, regardless of whether you usedd
,cp
, or evencat
.That makes sense. Thanks!