Hi Bill, On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 10:39 AM, William Pretty Security < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello all; > > I have an 8GB uSD card with an ~6GB file system on it (boot +rootfs). > What I want to do is just image the 6GB portion that is actually formatted and used. > > I tried the windows tool and it didn’t work. It imaged the entire disk. > Is there a switch in Linux “DD” or some other way to image just the 6GB portion of the card ?
In linux, there is a block device for the entire disk, and then there will be a block device for each partition. So if you were using /dev/sdc for the entire device, the normal convention is that /dev/sdc1 would reference the first partition and /dev/sdc2 would referece the second partition. The name of your device will depend on exact dsitribution of Linux being used and whether the sdcard reader is a USB device or directly connected. I'm always super parinoid when using those level of commands, because it's really easy to mistype and enter the name of your system hard drive. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.davehylands.com -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
