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e2image:tldr:8689c
This command is used to create an image file of a specific partition on a storage device in Linux. Let's break it down:
-
${-dev-sdXN}
: This part should be replaced with the actual partition you want to create an image of. ThesdX
represents the storage device (for example,sda
,sdb
, etc.), andN
represents the partition number (such as1
,2
, etc.). You need to replaceX
andN
with the appropriate values. So, for example, if you want to create an image of the first partition (/dev/sda1
), you would replace${-dev-sdXN}
with/dev/sda1
. -
${path-to-image_file}
: This part should be replaced with the path and filename where you want to save the image file. For instance, if you want to save it asmy_image.img
in the current directory, you would replace${path-to-image_file}
with./my_image.img
. You can choose any suitable name and location for the image file.
So, once you replace the placeholders with the appropriate values, the command will look something like this:
e2image /dev/sda1 ./my_image.img
Executing this command will create an image file (my_image.img
) of the specified partition (/dev/sda1
in this example) and save it in the current directory.