If you dd sdb1, you will still need the boot sector and partition table from sdb to be able to use the new CF card.
-T On Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 12:25 <mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > That's the secret sauce! /dev/sdb1 instead of /dev/sdb. Thank you ;-) > > August 8, 2019 11:19 AM, a...@clueserver.org wrote: > > > On your dd command try using /dev/sdb1 instead of /dev/sdb. > > > > dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=image.img > > > > mount -o loop image.img /mnt > > > >> [mrobinson@turion-roch-robinson-west-com ~]$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb > >> > >> Disk /dev/sdb: 1018 MB, 1018773504 bytes, 1989792 sectors > >> Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > >> Disk label type: dos > >> Disk identifier: 0x001c2022 > >> > >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >> /dev/sdb1 * 63 1989791 994864+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > >> [mrobinson@turion-roch-robinson-west-com ~]$ > >> > >> The partition starts at 63, how do I use losetup? > >> > >> August 8, 2019 10:42 AM, "Ken Stephens" <kennethgsteph...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Micheal, > >>> > >>> You using losetup to mount the image to a /dev/loop0? > >>> > >>> Ken > >>> > >>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 8:37 AM <mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > >> > >> The server uses a CF card in place of a hard disk. The server oddly > >> enough > >> is Windows 98 SE based. I have a CentOS 7 box with a USB CF card > >> reader. > >> I am trying to image the CF card and write the image to a second CF > >> card. > >> Kind of a, make a backup to experiment with scenario and use the > >> backup. > >> > >> This my CentOS 7 box doesn't work: > >> > >> $ sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=win98seQSP2predrivers.img bs=1M count=1000 > >> status=progress > >> > >> The file created cannot be mounted. If you write it to another CF card, > >> you get garbage. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> PLUG mailing list > >>> PLUG@pdxlinux.org > >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? > > A: Because OCT 31 == DEC 25. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
