Re: [Trinux-talk] Harddrive Format

[Richard T. <ri...@th...>]

Okay, here goes.

Using cfdisk, I create a partition on the hard drive of type 'Linux'. Then I
'W'rite the partition table.

I tried to mount the partition using the minix type. I get the error, "Too
many filesystems, wrong partition, yada yada..."

I loaded ext2.o and tried to mount using the ext2 type. Didn't work.

I loaded ntfs.o and change the partition type to 'HPFS/NTFS'. I tried to
mount using the ntfs type. Didn't work.

I guess I don't know what "-t type" to specify when mounting a Linux type
partition.

When I initially tried to dd partition to the image file on a FAT32
partition, I got an error about exceeding the 2GB file limit.

The dd command line looks like this: dd if=/dev/hdd1 of=/directory/disk.img
bs=1M

I am writing a hard drive partition to an image file and then writing the
image file to a 'clean' hard drive.

Richard Thomas

----- Original Message -----
From: <tb...@ti...>
To: "Richard Thomas" <ri...@th...>
Cc: "Trinux-Talk" <tri...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] Harddrive Format


>
> It should work.  However, the devil is in the details.
>
> What modules did you load?
>
> What is the dd command line?
>
> What are you doing after the dd finishes, that causes you to believe that
> the dd failed?
>
> If you hope to use the disk as a filesystem, then the image you are
> putting on the disk must be a fully formed filesystem.  You should be able
> to test the image with a mount -o loop command before you do the dd.  The
> partition type should be set to match the type of filesystem.
>
> More info would help.
>
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Richard Thomas wrote:
>
> > Good morning all...
> >
> > I have a newbie question, sorry.
> >
> > I am using cfdisk to create a partition
> > on a harddrive. I select the default
> > type as Linux and then write the
> > partition table. However, I am not able
> > to then mount the partition under
> > Trinux. I load what I think are the
> > appropriate modules. I have even tried
> > changing the type to NTFS with no luck.
> > What I am trying to do is create a
> > partition that I can write a 6.5GB image
> > file to using dd. I previously tried
> > this with VFAT, but ran into the 2GB
> > file size limit. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Richard Thomas
> >
> >
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