Hi,

In my case, most of the time for ARM images I use as root(be careful!):

more /dev/sdb > /dev/sdc   # I use sdb as source and sdc as destination
sync

It makes an exact copy and you don't have to care about options.

Best regards,
Alexis.

Le 06/08/2014 05:44, Robert Moskowitz a écrit :
> This is a Fedora arm problem, but probably more experience with dd and
> sd cards here...
>
> SO I boot my Cubieboard2 from microSD.  I grabbed 8 16GB cards from
> the bin at the MicroCenter checkout counter.  They work fine for
> building F21 arm boots, but I am getting far enough into the process
> that if I do something wrong, I don't want to go all the way back to
> the beginning.  I rather clone the card, play around, and soforth. So
> I tried using:
>
> sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerror; sync
>
> the target sd card has been previously use.  The copy fails in use as
> follows:
>
>          Mounting Configuration File System...
> [  OK  ] Mounted Configuration File System.
> [  OK  ] Found device
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/1dc878de-92d2-4a66-b352-f055a32473b9.
> [  OK  ] Started dracut initqueue hook.
> [  OK  ] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
> [  OK  ] Reached target Paths.
> [  OK  ] Reached target Basic System.
>          Starting dracut pre-mount hook...
> [  OK  ] Reached target Remote File Systems (Pre).
> [  OK  ] Reached target Remote File Systems.
>          Starting File System Check on
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/1dc8...f055a32473b9...
> [   13.911063] systemd-fsck[368]: _/: The filesystem size (according
> to the superblock) is 3587707 blocks
> [  OK  ] Started dracut pre-mount hook.
> [   13.919598] systemd-fsck[368]: The physical size of the device is
> 3548795 blocks
> [   13.937109] systemd-fsck[368]: Either the superblock or the
> partition table is likely to be corrupt!
> [   13.944962] systemd-fsck[368]: _/: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN
> fsck MANUALLY.
> [   13.950853] systemd-fsck[368]: (i.e., without -a or -p options)
> [  OK  ] Started File System Check on
> /dev/disk/by-uuid/1dc87...2-f055a32473b9.
>          Mounting /sysroot...
> [   14.483857] random: nonblocking pool is initialized
> [   14.571964] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): bad geometry: block count 3587707
> exceeds size of device (3548795 blocks)
> [FAILED] Failed to mount /sysroot.
> See 'systemctl status sysroot.mount' for details.
> [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Initrd Root File System.
> [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Reload Configuration from the Real Root.
> [  OK  ] Stopped dracut pre-pivot and cleanup hook.
> [  OK  ] Stopped target Initrd Default Target.
> [  OK  ] Stopped dracut mount hook.
> [  OK  ] Reached target Initrd File Systems.
> [  OK  ] Stopped target Basic System.
> [  OK  ] Stopped target System Initialization.
>          Starting Emergency Shel
> Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt"
>
>
> Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue.
> Type "journalctl" to view system logs.
> You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick
> or /boot
> after mounting them and attach it to a bug report.
>
>
> :/#
>
> =======================================================
>
> I put the card back in my build system and looked at it with Gparted
> which shows the whole drive as unallocated, even though the system
> successfully mounted /boot (but not /).
>
> So the question is:  HOw better can I clone the card?  SDFormatter in
> Windows is one suggestion, but I don't want to have to jump over to
> the family XP system.
>
> thanks
>
>

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