[OLUG] dd

mesc mescie at home.com
Wed Apr 19 05:34:43 UTC 2000


Disregard this message please,I didn't have the mkisofs packag installed :)

            Gary Martin.


mesc wrote:

> I tried man mkisofs there was no man pageon it are you sure man mkisofs is
> right?If so maybe I don't have that installed.
>
> Thank you,Gary Martin.
>
>   brian at bstc.net wrote:
>
> > just make it an iso file image.... `man mkisofs`
> >
> > that way, you can just write it to a cd instead of your hd.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mescie [mailto:mescie at home.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 11:20 AM
> > To: olug
> > Cc: mescie
> > Subject: FW: [OLUG] dd
> >
> > I think when I try dd it tries to copy the whole /dev/hda1(2.0 GB
> > instead of just it's contents,the win dir(672 MB)I've tried the size
> > option (ibs&obs)in the dd man page but I must be doing something
> > wrong.How can I use dd to copy just my win dir on /dev/hda1 not the
> > whole partition?
> >
> >                 Thank you,Gary Martin.
> >
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