I am nearly giving up, can't understand what I am doing wrong or what I should be doing.
Thomas Schmitt: > Hi, > > GiaThnYgeia wrote: >> Is something wrong? >> -rw-r--r-- 1 user 458752 Mar 9 00:08 usb_part1.iso > > That's much too small for any backup with substance. > What do you get from > > xorriso -indev usb_part1.iso -find / -exec lsdl -- $ xorriso -indev sid1.iso -find / -exec lsdl -- xorriso 1.4.6 : RockRidge filesystem manipulator, libburnia project. xorriso : NOTE : Loading ISO image tree from LBA 0 Drive current: -indev 'sid1.iso' Media current: stdio file, overwriteable Media status : is written , is appendable Media summary: 1 session, 27 data blocks, 54.0k data, 458g free Volume id : 'ISOIMAGE' drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 0 Nov 24 11:14 '/' On media this shows the 2nd system partition as a directory /media/user/1340a59d-7c08-4257-a81d-9cb8ef707c0e > > Is the USB stick content visible underneath > /mnt/usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_3.0_08606E69C773BFC06965007B-0:0-part1 > at all ? > > If the mount point was really a link, one would have to enable link > following at least for files which are given as program arguments: > > xorriso \ > -for_backup \ > -follow default:param \ > -outdev usb_part1.iso \ > -map /mnt/usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_3.0_08606E69C773BFC06965007B-0:0-part1 / xorriso 1.4.6 : RockRidge filesystem manipulator, libburnia project. Drive current: -outdev 'siduct1.iso' Media current: stdio file, overwriteable Media status : is written , is appendable Media summary: 1 session, 27 data blocks, 54.0k data, 458g free xorriso : FAILURE : Cannot determine attributes of source file '/media/user/DebonUSB /usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_3.0_08606E69C773BFC06965007B-0:0-part1' : No such file or directory > But with default -follow settings you would have gotten an error message: > xorriso : FAILURE : Source '/mnt/usb-...' is not a directory. Target '' > would be. > > So i assume that the USB stick content was simply not available under > the /mnt/usb-... directory. > > > Have a nice day :) > Thomas You have a great one too! I;m going back to try more dd options -- "The most violent element in society is ignorance" rEG