[plug] partition image

[Jim Householder]

Jim Householder wrote:

> dd has made a copy on my FC6 drive, but cannot restore it.
> 
> 
> data# ls -al
> ...
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  root  2167570944 Mar  5 17:55 winme-fresh.image
> 
> data# dd if=winme-fresh.image of=/dev/sda
> dd: writing to `/dev/sda': No space left on device
> 1034609+0 records in
> 1034608+0 records out
> 529719296 bytes (530 MB) copied, 10.8999 seconds, 48.6 MB/s
> 
> I get the same result using /dev/sda1 as a destination.
> 
> The copy speed of the original was 1 MB/s, so 48.6 indicates the 
> destination is not right.  Also the 530 MB space limit.  Nothing on the 
> system appears to correspond to that space.

I was looking for the wrong thing.  What I need is a *disk* image, not a 
partition image.  I think I've found what I need.

Still curious as to why dd did not behave as expected though.

Jim