dd image onto a usb key

[Mohammed Iqbal.H]

Hi 

Thanks ,it worked.

Thanks again
iqbal


--- Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri@yahoo.it> wrote:

> --- "Mohammed Iqbal.H" ha scritto:
> > 
> > dd if={.dd image} of=/cygdrive/e
> > 
> > As 'e' is the USB key.
> > 
> > error message:
> > 
> > dd :opening '/cygdrive/e':Is a directory
> 
> /cygdrive/e is a mount point
> 
> To have a hint about the device name
> 
> $ cat /proc/partitions 
> major minor  #blocks  name
> 
>     8     0  39070080 sda
>     8     1  39062488 sda1
>     8    16   1006592 sdb
>     8    17   1006576 sdb1
> 
> my USB key is  /dev/sdb
> and the 1st partition is /dev/sdb1
> 
>  dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/tmp/usbkey_partition_image
> 2013152+0 records in
> 2013152+0 records out
> 1030733824 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 165.357 s, 6.2
> MB/s
> 
> $ dd if=/dev/sdb of=/tmp/usbkey_image
> 2013184+0 records in
> 2013184+0 records out
> 1030750208 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 196.923 s, 5.2
> MB/s
> 
> 
> I am not responsable if you destroy you USB key 
> playing with dd.
> 
> > Thanks
> > iqbal
>  
> Regards
> Marco
> 
> 
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