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If I run:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda1 of=~/image.img bs=1M
Will the image.img
(which is located on /dev/sda1
) be continuously copied onto itself? As it gets bigger from data, will that additional data be written in the image and continue forever?
Oh! Wow i completely overlooked that. But technically if lets say the image.img was stored near the beginning of the block of the hard drive, would the image copy itself, or is there a RAM buffer of sorts – agz – 2013-01-13T18:49:59.000
1Yes, you might get a partial copy of
image.img
in the image itself. No, it won't go on indefinitely. – Michael Hampton – 2013-01-13T18:55:37.207