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Revision: 49529
at July 24, 2011 04:21 by xeiron
Updated Code 
ssh root@SERVER_IP "dd if=/dev/xvda bs=64k | gzip -c" | dd of=/home/user/linode.img.gz

Revision: 49528
at July 24, 2011 04:21 by xeiron
Updated Code 
ssh root@SERVER_IP"dd if=/dev/xvda bs=64k | gzip -c" | dd of=/home/user/linode.img.gz

Revision: 49527
at July 24, 2011 04:20 by xeiron
Initial Code 
ssh [email protected] "dd if=/dev/xvda bs=64k | gzip -c" | dd of=/home/reidk/linode.img.gz
Initial URL 
http://library.linode.com/linode-platform/migration/copy-disk-image-over-ssh
Initial Description 
After the system is in Finnix recovery mode set a password and start-up SSH. After that use this to compress the image on the sever side and download it locally saving bandwidth compared to a normal dd dump.
Initial Title 
Download Compressed Linode Server Image
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