> 
> Can someone help me with this, how can I use dd over the network?
> 
> eg: something like
> <pseudo code>
> dd if=/dev/hda | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "of=/ "        
> 
> something like that... is it possible?

it is possible, if you dont give dd on of/if argument it uses
stdin/stdout (just see the man page ;)

dd if=somefile is just like cat,  except you can use the other options
like bs, count, ...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] yoyo $ dd if=/dev/hda bs=10 count=1 2>/dev/null
[EMAIL PROTECTED] yoyo $

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