Re: [Trinux-talk] Harddrive Format

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

The reason I was trying to mount the partition after creating it was to make
sure I was creating it correctly.

If I create a Linux (82?) type partition what -t type do I specify in the
mount command line? What type partition do I create if I want to use the
ext2 driver to mount the partition?

I am using dd to an intermediary file so that I get matching hashes from the
initial partition and the destination image file. If I dd from drive to
drive, it will make an exact copy of the partition, but the hashes won't
match.

I agree that I might be missing something. I just looked online and saw that
I am missing the mkfs command step. I told you this was a newbie question.

----- Original Message -----
From: <tb...@ti...>
To: "Richard Thomas" <ri...@th...>
Cc: "Trinux-Talk" <tri...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] Harddrive Format


>
> The dd command you quote is to read IN the partition to a file.  I assume
> you are changing the command when you dd the file to a partition.  Do you
> know the proper device name for the partition you have just created?  Was
> it used in the dd (out) command?
>
> You might try a "dd if=/dev/hdXX | od -c | head" and a
>
> "dd if=/directory/disk.img | od -c | head"  and compare them visually.
>
> This might tell you alot.
>
> Perhaps you are missing an important piece...
>
> A partition defines a region of disk.
> A filesystem fills a partition, and defines how the data is organized.
> A file is a container, placed within a filesystem, that can hold data.
>
> [.*]nux offers features not found in other OS's, including the ability to
> bypass the filesystem and place a file on a partition and vise versa.
>
> You can dd a partition to a file. and then dd the file back to a new
> partition.  You will have mirrored the partition.  If you have both disks
> connected but unmounted, then you can dd directly "dd if=/dev/hde1
> of=/dev/hde2".  The imtermediary file is not necessary.  You can then
> mount the second partition, just as you did the first.  If you couldn't
> mount the source partition, then you won't be able to mount the clone.
>
> What is on the partition you are hoping to clone?  Is is a windows
> partition? FAT? NTFS? or Linux? minix, ext2, ext3?.  I think this may be a
> mount issue...
>
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Richard Thomas wrote:
>
> > 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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