* GiaThnYgeia <giathnyg...@openmailbox.org> [2017-03-07 00:11 +0000]:
> I am not very confident I am doing this right and it seems wrong, I > can't locate any documentation that results into proper options. > I tried backing up an 8gb USB that has 2 partitions in it, one had 1.7gb > of data on it. > I used dd if=/dev/sdb of=usbfilename.iso > The resulting image was the full size of the disk. /dev/sdX is always the whole device. If you want the two partitions sepearated you have to choose /dev/sdXA, which in your case should be /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2 I assume. Elimar -- On the keyboard of life you have always to keep a finger at the escape key;-)
