using dd tfor backups

[bigd]

Hi,
As far as I know, you have to send the dd process a signal. After you start dd, make a note of it's process id (pgrep dd or similar), and run:
ps -usr1 7075
where 7075 is the actual process id (or pid) it gave you. Your dd should print something like: 493846+0 records in
493846+0 records out
252849152 bytes (253 MB) copied, 10.3979 s, 24.3 MB/s

HTH,
KJ4UFX
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 
09:16:53PM -0500, Angelo Sonnesso wrote:
> I want to make an image backup of a harddrive and save it on a USB drive 
> using dd.
> If I use dd will speakup keep posted about my progress?
> Has anyone done this?
> 
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