On 09/11/2011 07:55 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: > Or maybe it would all be simpler if I just DDed the one partition > I'm trying to keep to a file, reinitialize the disk from scratch, > and then DD it back (making sure to make the partition the identical > size). If you do have to go that route, I'd suggest using Clonezilla, instead of dd. Much safer.