| [07:33] <lordievader> Good morning | |
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| [12:17] <BluesKaj> Hey all | |
| [12:27] <server_> Hello. I am trying to dd an img.xz (2GB) file to /dev/mmcblk0p2 (ext4). After the dd process is complete the mmcblk0p2 partition shows up as an unknown type (Bad Superblock). | |
| [12:28] <server_> How can I copy the image file without damaging the partition or how to fix the partition? | |
| [12:37] <SwedeMike> server_: img.xz looks like it's compressed. Are you dd:ing it as-is to the partition? Don't you need to uncompress it before? | |
| [12:41] <server_> <SwedeMike> You are right. I just uncompressed it first (unxz) and redid the dd command with the same result. | |
| [12:42] <server_> I am trying to create a new partition that is just 2GB in size to see if that will work better. | |
| [12:54] <server_> The new (2GB) partition didn't work. | |
| [13:01] <BluesKaj> server_, make sure your target partition is large enough to accomodate the input iso file size | |
| [13:01] <BluesKaj> or img size | |
| [13:07] <server_> The img file is 1.8GB. The original partition was 14GB. I shrunk it down to 2.1GB. I have formatted them to ext4 beforehand; every time the partition gets clobbered. | |
| [13:08] <server_> When I look at online examples, I see that the main dd process is not on the partition (mmcblk0p2) but the full mmc card (mmcblk0) | |
| [13:13] <Qommand0r> server_: makes sense, since the disk image itself contains a partition table as well | |
| [13:13] <Qommand0r> try using a whole disk as a target device | |
| [13:13] <Qommand0r> instead of a partition/slice | |
| [13:13] <Qommand0r> should work | |
| [13:33] <server_> Qommand0r: you were right. The image did have a 4GB partition image. | |
| [13:34] <server_> I needed a fat partition before it so I used gparted to move it and add a small partition before it. | |
| [13:37] <Qommand0r> cool, nice to hear server_ | |
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