Imaging SCSI hard disks

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Tue Aug 31 18:57:28 2004

> I've a couple of SCSI hard drives (DEC RZ24-S) that I'd like to do a
> complete image of. If I stick them in a linux box and do a dd on them,
> will it copy all the blocks from the device, or am I going to get

Well, I can't really speak for the specific hardware you're going to use.
However, I've taken 100MB and 200MB IBM drives out of my PDP-11/73,
connected them to a Linux box via a SCSI controller, dd'd them off to a disk
image. I've then ftp'd the disk image to a Mac, written the disk image to
CD-R. Then taken the CD-R, placed it in the PDP-11/73's CD-ROM drive and
booted the PDP-11 off of CD-ROM.

What I've not attempted to do is dd a disk image back to a SCSI HD. It's on
my list of things to try, but who knows what decade I'll finally find the
time.

                Zane
Received on Tue Aug 31 2004 - 18:57:28 BST