On 10/03/15 13:37, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Tim,
Andrew wrote:
Tim wrote:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 1021MB 1021MB primary boot
You can avoid those awkward units, by getting it in bytes, with
sudo parted /dev/sdd unit B print
That then gives you a precise position and size should you need it.
If I plug it into my Debian box, it does not mount
After attempting to mount it, have a look at the end of dmesg(1)'s
output for any information from the kernel filesystem modules about what
they did or didn't like.
'sudo file -s /dev/sdd*' works here to tell me that I have an x86 boot
sector on /dev/sdd and an ext4 filesystem on /dev/sdd1. Adding '-k'
shows more information.
Also, look at its bytes, e.g. the first 16KiB with
sudo hexdump -Cn $((1024 * 16)) /dev/sdd1 | less
You might find it's a compressed file, inflated into the terminal's RAM
on boot, where it's only then a filesystem image.
Cheers, Ralph.
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Thanks for the help Ralph
I think you suggestion it could be a compressed archived might be right
there something in the depth of my mind that telling me I read something
about booting from a compressed file.
Strangely my system does not have a dmesg log file, I had a good search
(looked in the normal /var/log/ ) but there no log to be found, so that
on my I need to look at that later list.
I moved onto the sudo hexdump, this dumped a load of gibberish where 95%
of the readable text in the right hand column was just random, there was
some readable stuff at the end but this was related to missing file
systems, (type of stuff that appears on screen when there is an error
booting).
It was around this time I had a eureka moment, I remember I had buried
on my desk some where a thinclient converter USB stick (plug it into an
old PC and boot from it and it converts the PC to a thin client), a
little investigation showed that there was an iso image on the usb stick
which after a bit more investigation allowed me to to see the program
that makes up the install. The only program that stood out was *os.rrdp
(the format was os.sane, os.scim). Unfortunately I have not been able to
find out much more an a quick google does not throw up any info.
*The reason I am doing this is that these terminal are Linux based and
they have a built in RDP client, I am having issue with running RDP on
my PC so I was hoping to glean some info from one of these terminals.
Time to call an end of proceeding for tonight, will start again another
night.
Tim
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