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Re: [PLUG] copy without mount
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On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 07:40:04AM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> I want to copy a removable media file system without mounting it. The
> reason is that my friend's digital camera writes these cards in a way
> that is not readable to my machine while my digital camera writes them
> in a way that is readable. I'm curious to see if I can tell the
> difference, including potentially mounting the filesystem image rather
> than the original.
>
> Any thoughts welcome.
>
> BTW, the fstab entry is
>
> /dev/sda1 /cflash auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0
>
> --
> Jeff
I'd try:
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=your_file_name_here
and let it try the default block size.
Let us know how it turns out... I'd be interested in knowing
if/why there are two incompatable CF filesystem standards.
Eric
--
# Eric Lucas
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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