e2image

Save critical ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem metadata to a file.

• 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}

• Create a QCOW2 image file instead of a normal or raw image file:

e2image -Q {/dev/sdXN} {path/to/image_file}

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