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 > > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org