<J.Witvliet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> You wrote thatyou first mount the raw sdb device, and then do the dd >> to the raw device. >> What is the point of mounting in the first place? >> That is useless and even dangerous, as the system _might_ want to try >> to write to the mounted sdb1 filesystem. >> Just skip the mounting. Ranjan Maitra: > In my experience with Fedora (only), I have found that mounting is > essential. Otherwise it writes to the mount point, but not the device. Why would anyone think that a command like: dd if=boot.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=8M Is going to write to anywhere else than /dev/sdb? In general, trying to do a direct write to a device, while it's mounted on the filesystem, is inherently risky. You stand a very good chance that the mounted filesystem is going to stomp over the top of your raw write. The only way I could see it *not* stomping over it, is if you yanked the USB drive out without dismounting it (another stupid thing to do). -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. Windows (TM) [Typhoid Mary]. They refuse to believe that there's anything wrong with it, but everyone else knows Windows is a disease that spreads. -- 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
