bmaptool Command Examples

Create or copy block maps intelligently (designed to be faster than cp or dd). More information: https://manned.org/bmaptool.

bmaptool create {{[-o|--output]}} {{blockmap.bmap}} {{source.img}}

bmaptool copy --bmap {{blockmap.bmap}} {{source.img}} {{/dev/sdb}}

bmaptool copy --bmap {{blockmap.bmap}} {{source.img.gz}} {{/dev/sdb}}

bmaptool copy --nobmap {{source.img}} {{/dev/sdb}}