[olug] writing img file

[Noel Leistad]

yep, tried that.

logs say "can't identify CD-ROM format"

Even got an email from the fella who made the img, says to dd to cf, but that 
doesn't go either.

back to compiling.....

Thanks.
Noel


On Wednesday 08 June 2005 14:45, Trent Melcher wrote:
> Correct me if Im wrong but isnt the .img the extension for an image that
> must be burned to CD?   Its probably in iso format so you could try iso9000
> as the fstype(-t)
>
> mount -t iso9660 stompbpx.0.9.img /tmp/stompbox -o loop
>
> Trent
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Noel Leistad.com @ METC
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:42 AM
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: [olug] writing img file
>
> I feel pitiful.
>
> after much work compiling kernal for evdo-router, found image files @
> wirelessinternetcoverage.com
>
> came as bz2 file, uncompressed. now have stompbox.0.9.img
>
> tried dd if=stompbox.0.9.img of=/dev/sda  .and. dd if=stompbox.0.9.img
> of=/dev/sda1
> tried w and w/o bs=
>
> no joy.
>
> Google hasn't been much help on "install img" {to CF|file|to disk}
>
> Any suggestions. Thought dumping a WORKING img file on to system would be
> easier than figuring out what I've missed on install instructions. I forego
> the learning experience ( I need a breather).
>
> Any suggestions on how to even just mount the .img file?? mount -t ext2 -o
> loop stompbox.0.9.img /mnt/img doesn't work either.
>
> Noel
> noel at metc.net or tux at metc.net
>
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> http://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> http://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug