dd problem

[Karl F. Larsen]

Georg von Zengen wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
> 
	I never tried that script. I will need to do so. But bet you 
a can of cheap beer it doesn't work. To get the job done I had 
to use:

	sudo dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/dev/sdg1

and that worked fine. But it fouled up my portable hard drive. 
I hope I can delete the dam windows files and save my backup 
of this computer!!!

73 Karl


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