On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan<pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 20:49 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >/dev/sdb is not a directory. Unless your setup is *very* nonstandard, >> >it's a device, in fact a disk drive. In the worst case the app might >> >want to seek on it, but there's no reason it shouldn't be able to do >> >that. >> >> Another item that has blown on by is that /dev/sdb is the whole >> device. One >> must have at least one mountable partition setup on the device, and >> the >> filesystem suitably initialized and mounted before the file can be >> written. >> There are some exceptions to that rule, generally involving either >> an .iso >> image, or 'dd' which can make an identical image on any writable >> device at >> least big enough to hold the image. > > I was assuming the latter, given that the OP's version uses dd. However > it's starting to look like he may not be entirely sure of what he's > doing. > What I am doing is: installing an os (first fedora but gave up because of bugs then cent) in Virtualbox tweeking cpu settings. Getting it configured to run headless + amd geode processor + other things. then once it is ready I run VBoxManage internalcommands converttoraw .VirtualBox/HardDisks/cent.vdi cent.raw which converts the Vbox image to a raw image readable by dd. Then w/ dd i write it to the cf card. put the cf card in my embedded appliance and see if it works. I have been tweaking and reinstalling for the last day or two. I got cent working today on this board. http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm With a 4G image it took about 45 min to convert to raw then write to cf card. Because I kept redoing it I was looking to shorten that conversion time. on current ubuntu if I just type VBoxManager i am given a list of option one of which is converttoraw. thx for all your help but it looks like I am over the reinstalling writing to cf card hump. Now to make it a wireless access point. -bazooka -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
