dd problem

[Georg von Zengen]

so you have to delete it, chose another name or creating a new file in
"nita". dd can only write into files e.g.
sudo dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/media/disk/nita/sdb1 bs=2048 conv=notrunc

Georg

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Georg von Zengen wrote:
>> hi Karl,
>>
>> may their is a directory called "nita" on your portable hard drive
>>
>> Georg
>>
>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>> 	I am on 9.04 and trying to dd from a hard drive to a portable 
>>> hard drive. This I think should work but it errors out 
>>> complaining that /media/disk/nita is a directory.
>>>
>>> sudo dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/media/disk/nita bs=2048 conv=notrunc
>>>
>>> This used to work fine. Why not now?
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 Karl
>>>
>>>
>>>
> 	Yes the directory nita does exist.
> 
> 73 Karl
> 
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