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| # Mount drive here | |
| dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/mount/zero | |
| # Unmount drive here | |
| sudo dd if=/dev/whatever bs=4k | pv | 7za a -si -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on archive.7z -bd |
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Now to use this to back up Zack's hard drive :-)