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Re[2]: [ts-7000] Re: How to copy SD card with different geometry?

To: "Breton M. Saunders" <>
Subject: Re[2]: [ts-7000] Re: How to copy SD card with different geometry?
From: Angel Rodriguez <>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:26:23 +0000
Hello whiffwaffle,

Basicaly what I do is what Brett suggested, but then I do not boot from the SD. 
 I chroot into it once booted.  

rod

Sunday, March 1, 2009, 12:59:58 PM, you wrote:

> whiffwaffle wrote:
>> --- In  "Breton M. Saunders"
>> <> wrote:
>>   
>>> 1) Get a linux x86 box, running something modern like ubuntu 8.04 or
>>>     
>> better.
>>   
>>> 2) Get a linux compatible USB SD card reader.
>>> 3) Put the source sd card in, and mount the linux partition.  Tar
>>>     
>> its 
>>   
>>> contents up to a file in /tmp or something for archiving.
>>> 4) Swap to the new sdcard.  Fdisk it, and ensure the partition
>>>     
>> layout is 
>>   
>>> (roughly) the same - e.g. partition 3 is a linux one.
>>> 5) mke2fs the target file system.
>>> 6) Mount the target filesystem
>>> 7) Untar the archive file's contents to the target partition.
>>>     

>> I have actually tried this but I'm not sure what partition 1 & 2 are
>> or how to properly set them up. When I put the card in my PC, it
>> mounts two of the partitions; the Linux partition and another
>> partition (sdc2) as ext2 that contains the following:
>>   
> I'm not 100% sure, but I thought that they are locked partitions that 
> may contain windows drivers or other junk required to make the SD card
> work on windows.

> Either way, I wouldn't worry about it.  If fdisk will get rid of them,
> then I'd run a 1 partition setup.  If not, just use the third partition,
> and perform the file system copy using that partition only.

>     Cheers,

>     -Brett



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