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XK0-006 · Question #159

A Linux administrator is concerned about corruption of the partition table and wants to make a backup. Which of the following should the administrator use?

The correct answer is D. dd. The dd command can create a sector-by-sector copy of a disk, including the partition table, making it suitable for backing up low-level disk structures.

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Question

A Linux administrator is concerned about corruption of the partition table and wants to make a backup. Which of the following should the administrator use?

Options

  • Acpio
  • Bgzip
  • Ctar
  • Ddd

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    7% (2)
  • D
    86% (25)

Explanation

The dd command can create a sector-by-sector copy of a disk, including the partition table, making it suitable for backing up low-level disk structures.

Topics

#partition table#dd command#disk backup#block device

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