Re: dd on Familiar 0.8.4 doesn't accept "1K" as a value for "bs" option

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Maybe it is case sensitive. Try "k" instead of "K". HTH

- -Altoine

l:x wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install Familiar onto my iPAQ H2210 using the guide
> (http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH2200LAB).
>
> I use Familiar 0.8.4 on a SD card to dump the backed up
> PocketPC/Bootloader from CF to the SD card because I don't have a CF
> reader in my laptop.
>
> Backing up PocketPC and the second bootloader to a CF using d2s (minicom
> over USB craddly) was no problem. Dumping PocketPC to a file using dd
> (on my iPAQ) either.
>
> The problem occured when trying to dump the second bootloader from the
> CF to a file using "dd if=/dev/hda of=2ndstage.rescue bs=1K count=1280".
> This returned "dd: Invalid number '1K'".
>
> So I checked the manual and it states that you can use a number followed
> by K, so I don't get it why it returns an error.
>
> I suppose that 1K equals 1024, so I used the following command instead:
> "dd if=/dev/hda of=2ndstage.rescue bs=1024 count=1280".
>
> I hope this has the same result... Can anyone confirm this, please?
>
> Kind regards,
> Niels R.
>
>
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Received on Sat Feb 17 2007 - 14:10:47 EST