I am getting a little frustrated as neither dd or xorriso work for me as I wanted. With the dd and bzip2 combination I got an image really fast (compared to dd if=.. of=.. ) but when I tried to restore it dd bs=1M if=/dev/sdb | bzip2 >imagefile bunzip2 imagefile | dd of=/dev/sdb
it unzipped the imagefile into an uncompress file and burned it ... although I am not sure what I mixed up in the filenames it restored an earlier on... bunzip2 imagefile -f -t -v | dd of=/dev/sdb I think this option retains the original compressed image and show what is doing, although to me the -v is meaningless. Thomas Schmitt: > Hi, > > GiaThnYgeia wrote: >> $ xorriso -indev sid1.iso -find / -exec lsdl -- >> ... >> drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 0 Nov 24 11:14 '/' >> On media this shows the 2nd system partition as a directory >> /media/user/1340a59d-7c08-4257-a81d-9cb8ef707c0e > > Last time you showed it, it was as empty as the ISO. > What do you get from > > ls -ld /media/user/1340a59d-7c08-4257-a81d-9cb8ef707c0e I changed the volume name to sid $ ls -ld /media/user/sid drwxr-xr-x 1 user user 2048 Mar 5 20:30 /media/user/sid $ ls -ld /mnt $ ls /mnt usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_3.0_08606E69C773BFC06965007B-0:0-part1 $ ls -ld /mnt/u* drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 24 11:14 /mnt/usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_3.0_08606E69C773BFC06965007B-0:0-part1 $ ls -ld /media/user/sid drwxr-xr-x 1 user user 2048 Mar 5 20:30 /media/user/sid $ > > >>> xorriso -for_backup -follow default:param ... > >> xorriso : FAILURE : Cannot determine attributes of source file >> '/media/user/DebonUSB >> /usb-Kingston_DataTraveler_3.0_08606E69C773BFC06965007B-0:0-part1' : No >> such file or directory > > Very strange file address. It is probably the result of link following. > Thus my request to do "ls -ld". It seems as if it is hardware created and can't be changed > Is the line break between "DebonUSB" and "/usb-Kingston" visible on the > terminal screen, too ? Or is it an artefact of copy+paste ? I changed it so it is easier to deal with > (I am very happy that i disabled automounting on my system. Life becomes > so clear and straightforward if one does it the old way.) Being protective of the setup I have on the little disk I am trying to restore its image in an identical disk (manufacturer and size) Only when I get convinced that the restored image is identical (looks and function) will I be able to go ahead to do more. No I am worried I'll ruin all the work and I will not have a last safe image to restore to. > Have a nice day :) > Thomas You have a better one katkat -- "The most violent element in society is ignorance" rEG
