diff --git a/pages/linux/e2image.md b/pages/linux/e2image.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d776949ed --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/e2image.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# e2image + +> Save critical ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem metadata to a file. +> More information: . + +- Write metadata located on device to a specific file: + +`e2image {{/dev/sdXN}} {{path/to/image_file}}` + +- Print metadata located on device to `stdout`: + +`e2image {{/dev/sdXN}} -` + +- Restore the filesystem metadata back to the device: + +`e2image -I {{/dev/sdXN}} {{path/to/image_file}}` + +- Create a large raw sparse file with metadata at proper offsets: + +`e2image -r {{/dev/sdXN}} {{path/to/image_file}}` + +- Ceate a QCOW2 image file instead of a normal or raw image file: + +`e2image -Q {{/dev/sdXN}} {{path/to/image_file}}`