In article <718E547AE93F08469653AC2CB76D002801159F70@Server2003.Cornerstonehome.com> you write:
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> I am not very good with dd, or pipes for that matter, so I need some
> help.  I need a command executed on KnoppixClientB to take IMAGE.gz
> stored on ServerA and restore a hard drive.  I tried executing the
> following from KnoppixClientB
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> root@Knoppix:/ramdisk/home/knoppix# dd of= /dev/sda | ssh -c blowfish
> user@ServerA "gunzip -c | dd if =/home/IMAGE.gz" 
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> But Knoppix just hangs after I enter the password for ServerA.  

I would do:
ssh -c blowfish user@ServerA "dd if=/home/IMAGE.gz" | gunzip -c |
	dd of=/dev/sda

Dale Farnsworth
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