[Voyage-linux] Problem booting DD image

[Jim Cromie]

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Jim Salk <jsalk at salk.net> wrote:
> I have my CF card set up with Voyage just the way I want.  Now I would like
> to clone it for use in additional systems.
>
> I tried using DD to clone the CF card to a thumb drive and then back to a
> second CF card.  It did not work because the thumb drive was larger.
>
> I then used DD to create an ISO of the CF card and using it to create a new
> CF card.  That seemed to work (no DD errors), but the card would not boot.
>
> So I purchased another card reader and used DD to make a copy of the
> original CF card directly to a new one.  No errors, but the new card would
> not boot either.
>
> I understand that if you DD a bootable drive, the new drive should be
> bootable as well.  I assume this is correct.  The new card should be a
> bit-accurate copy of the original.  Yet the new card will not boot.
>
> Is there anything I am missing here?
>

FWIW, I thrashed away many hours while trying to get a 2nd CF drive to boot,
when it had identical image as 1st CF.  Turns out I had to poweroff my Soekris,
a reset was insufficient for the BIOS to see the new drive.  IIRC, it
uses a bios
derived/licensed from PCEngine's pcbios.

> Thanks, in advance, for your help.
>
> - Jim
>
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