[Voyage-linux] Backup

Matt Jenkins (spam-protected)
Fri Sep 5 00:07:55 HKT 2008


Wouldn't using dd only allow this img to be copied to another cf card of 
the same size?

- Matt

Ron Wickersham wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Bruce Sutherland wrote:
> 
>> Matt,
>>
>> I have done this using the df utility. You can block copy the entire 
>> flash
>> disk on a machine with a CF reader. I copied it to an image on my hard 
>> disk
>> drive. Then, you can use df to copy it back to other CF cards as many 
>> times
>> as you like.
>>
>> Basic syntax is:
>>  df if=/dev/<CF reader device> of=./voyage_0.5.2_image.img
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bruce.
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> perhaps dd (not df)
> 
> -ron
> 
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