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	How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? by William Pretty Security Inc :: Rate this Message: \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Hi All; I am hoping someone out there can help. This is probably a really BASIC Linux question so I apologize :-) I am trying to create a backup of the root file system of my uSD card. I tried to "dd" the whole card and it didn't copy all the files properly so I am settling for the rootfs partition. What I want to do is 'tar' all of /dev/sdb2 ... I tried tar and bzip2. Neither seem to work. I tried using the file manager GUI from Ubuntu, but it didn't copy the files correctly either. There must be a way to do this? Thanks; Bill "Amat victoria curam " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
	Re: How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? by Greg Kogut :: Rate this Message: \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Sorry my dd solution didn't work. Did you mount the partition prior to tarring it? E.g. >sudo mkdir /mnt/tmpmnt >mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/tmpmnt Take look in there with 'ls' just to make sure. >sudo tar -cvf tarfile.tar /mnt/tmpmnt Greg From: William Pretty Security Inc <bill.pretty@...> To: 'General mailing list for gumstix users.' <gumstix-users@...> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:24 PM Subject: [Gumstix-users] How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? Hi All; I am hoping someone out there can help. This is probably a really BASIC Linux question so I apologize :-) I am trying to create a backup of the root file system of my uSD card. I tried to "dd" the whole card and it didn't copy all the files properly so I am settling for the rootfs partition. What I want to do is 'tar' all of /dev/sdb2 ... I tried tar and bzip2. Neither seem to work. I tried using the file manager GUI from Ubuntu, but it didn't copy the files correctly either. There must be a way to do this? Thanks; Bill "Amat victoria curam " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
	Re: How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? by Ben Keane :: Rate this Message: \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Can you expand on "didn't copy the files correctly either"? >-----Original Message----- >From: William Pretty Security Inc [mailto:bill.pretty@...] >Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 11:24 AM >To: 'General mailing list for gumstix users.' >Subject: [Gumstix-users] How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? > >Hi All; > >I am hoping someone out there can help. >This is probably a really BASIC Linux question so I apologize :-) > >I am trying to create a backup of the root file system of my uSD card. >I tried to "dd" the whole card and it didn't copy all the >files properly so I am settling for the rootfs partition. > >What I want to do is 'tar' all of /dev/sdb2 ... > >I tried tar and bzip2. Neither seem to work. >I tried using the file manager GUI from Ubuntu, but it didn't >copy the files > >correctly either. > >There must be a way to do this? > >Thanks; > >Bill > >"Amat victoria curam " > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >--------------- >Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! >The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft >developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - >plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future >releases when you subscribe now! >http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d >_______________________________________________ >gumstix-users mailing list >gumstix-users@... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > >______________________________________________________________________ >CAUTION: This message was sent via the Public Internet and its >authenticity cannot be guaranteed. > PROPRIETARY: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is intended for the recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the authority by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
	Re: How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? by chris2007 :: Rate this Message: \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message mkdir /media/rootfspart mount /dev/sdb2 /media/rootfspart cd /media/rootfspart tar -czvf /<path_to_where_you_want_the_tarball>/rootfs.tar.gz * Chris On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:24 PM, William Pretty Security Inc <bill.pretty@...> wrote: Hi All; I am hoping someone out there can help. This is probably a really BASIC Linux question so I apologize :-) I am trying to create a backup of the root file system of my uSD card. I tried to "dd" the whole card and it didn't copy all the files properly so I am settling for the rootfs partition. What I want to do is 'tar' all of /dev/sdb2 ... I tried tar and bzip2. Neither seem to work. I tried using the file manager GUI from Ubuntu, but it didn't copy the files correctly either. There must be a way to do this? Thanks; Bill "Amat victoria curam " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
	Re: How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? by James Linder-4 :: Rate this Message: \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On 28/02/2012, at 9:37 AM, gumstix-users-request@... wrote: > I am hoping someone out there can help. > This is probably a really BASIC Linux question so I apologize :-) > > I am trying to create a backup of the root file system of my uSD card. > I tried to "dd" the whole card and it didn't copy all the files properly > so I am settling for the rootfs partition. > > What I want to do is 'tar' all of /dev/sdb2 ... > > I tried tar and bzip2. Neither seem to work. > I tried using the file manager GUI from Ubuntu, but it didn't copy the files > > correctly either. > > There must be a way to do this? This is unix stuff, not gumstix but be helped In general dd is a bad choice. dd makes an exact copy so cloning an exactly-the-same SD card or creating a copy that you can put back etc tar backs up FILES so eg mount /dev/sda2 /mnt ls /mnt # there it all is. Then ... tar cvjf /mnt a-name.tbz saves all the files in /mnt in a-name.tbz which you cab put back on another file system etc as you will James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
	Re: How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? <solution> by William Pretty Security Inc :: Rate this Message: \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Some parts of this message have been removed. Learn more about Nabble's security policy. I may have found a solution: http://wiki.gumstix.org/index.php?title=MicroSd dd if=/dev/sourcecard bs=1M \| gzip -c > somefile.gz gunzip -c somefile.gz \| dd of=/dev/destcard bs=1M Bill "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell From: Chris Crews [mailto:christopher.crews07@...] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 8:40 PM To: General mailing list for gumstix users. Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? mkdir /media/rootfspart mount /dev/sdb2 /media/rootfspart cd /media/rootfspart tar -czvf /<path_to_where_you_want_the_tarball>/rootfs.tar.gz * Chris On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:24 PM, William Pretty Security Inc <bill.pretty@...> wrote: Hi All; I am hoping someone out there can help. This is probably a really BASIC Linux question so I apologize :-) I am trying to create a backup of the root file system of my uSD card. I tried to "dd" the whole card and it didn't copy all the files properly so I am settling for the rootfs partition. What I want to do is 'tar' all of /dev/sdb2 ... I tried tar and bzip2. Neither seem to work. I tried using the file manager GUI from Ubuntu, but it didn't copy the files correctly either. There must be a way to do this? Thanks; Bill "Amat victoria curam " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
	Re: How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? <solution> by Ben Keane :: Rate this Message: \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Some parts of this message have been removed. Learn more about Nabble's security policy. That is combining both options together - sort of. It is creating a dd image like you first did, but compressing it. If your dd image didn't work in the first place, it will just compress the broken image. From: William Pretty Security Inc [mailto:bill.pretty@...] Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 12:25 PM To: 'General mailing list for gumstix users.' Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? <solution> I may have found a solution: http://wiki.gumstix.org/index.php?title=MicroSd dd if=/dev/sourcecard bs=1M \| gzip -c > somefile.gz gunzip -c somefile.gz \| dd of=/dev/destcard bs=1M Bill "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell From: Chris Crews [mailto:christopher.crews07@...] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 8:40 PM To: General mailing list for gumstix users. Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? mkdir /media/rootfspart mount /dev/sdb2 /media/rootfspart cd /media/rootfspart tar -czvf /<path_to_where_you_want_the_tarball>/rootfs.tar.gz * Chris On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:24 PM, William Pretty Security Inc <bill.pretty@...> wrote: Hi All; I am hoping someone out there can help. This is probably a really BASIC Linux question so I apologize :-) I am trying to create a backup of the root file system of my uSD card. I tried to "dd" the whole card and it didn't copy all the files properly so I am settling for the rootfs partition. What I want to do is 'tar' all of /dev/sdb2 ... I tried tar and bzip2. Neither seem to work. I tried using the file manager GUI from Ubuntu, but it didn't copy the files correctly either. There must be a way to do this? Thanks; Bill "Amat victoria curam " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users ______________________________________________________________________ CAUTION: This message was sent via the Public Internet and its authenticity cannot be guaranteed. PROPRIETARY: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is intended for the recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the authority by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users
	Re: How to 'tar" /dev/sdb2 ? by James Linder-4 :: Rate this Message: \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Ooops error on tar comand .... On 28/02/2012, at 9:37 AM, gumstix-users-request@... wrote: > I am hoping someone out there can help. > This is probably a really BASIC Linux question so I apologize :-) > > I am trying to create a backup of the root file system of my uSD card. > I tried to "dd" the whole card and it didn't copy all the files properly > so I am settling for the rootfs partition. > > What I want to do is 'tar' all of /dev/sdb2 ... > > I tried tar and bzip2. Neither seem to work. > I tried using the file manager GUI from Ubuntu, but it didn't copy the files > > correctly either. > > There must be a way to do this? This is unix stuff, not gumstix but be helped In general dd is a bad choice. dd makes an exact copy so cloning an exactly-the-same SD card or creating a copy that you can put back etc tar backs up FILES so eg mount /dev/sda2 /mnt ls /mnt # there it all is. Then ... tar cvjf a-name.tbz /mnt or as somebody else posted cd /mnt then tar cvjf a-name-somewhere-else.tbz * meaning tar everything HERE to a-name-somewhere-else.tbz saves all the files in /mnt in a-name.tbz which you cab put back on another file system etc as you will James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gumstix-users@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users