A graphical frontend for dd
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AIR (Automated Image and Restore) is a
GUI front-end to dd and dcfldd designed for easily creating forensic bit
images. Or, a nice way to let the guys at work who like GUIs make Debian boot
install floppies (don’t ask) easily. Ubuntu 7.10 doesn’t have a package for AIR,
but AIR does have an installer.
sudo aptitude install perl-tk sharutils dcfldd netcat cryptcat
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/air-imager/air-1.2.8.tar.gz?download
tar zxvf air-1.2.8.tar.gz
cd air-1.2.8/
sudo ./install-air-1.2.8
At this point the installer thingy will kick off, follow the prompts. I have
found that air needs to run as root, but won’t run if the executable is
setuid. So run it via sudo like so:
sudo air