Hi Jim, try to use lilo instead of grub. That works very good for me independently from any media issues already mentioned. I always do a dd to an image (e.g. usb-drive) and then back to an CF-card with same size or bigger. No matter about the physical geometry. Try it.
BR, Sascha > >>> I tried using DD to clone the CF card to a thumb drive and then back > to a > >>> second CF card. It did not work because the thumb drive was larger. > >>> > >>> I then used DD to create an ISO of the CF card and using it to create > a new > >>> CF card. That seemed to work (no DD errors), but the card would not > boot. > >>> > >>> So I purchased another card reader and used DD to make a copy of the > >>> original CF card directly to a new one. No errors, but the new card > would > >>> not boot either. > >>> > >>> I understand that if you DD a bootable drive, the new drive should be > >>> bootable as well. I assume this is correct. The new card should be > a > >>> bit-accurate copy of the original. Yet the new card will not boot. > >>> > >>> Is there anything I am missing here? > >>> > >> -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
