Re: [Cooker] Copying of large files to flashdisk fails in Cooker

[Steve Morris]

Mieszko Kaczmarczyk wrote:
> Monday 05 of May 2008 14:26:51 Steve Morris napisaÅ(a):
>   
>> Using dd to do the copy of the large file caused me another problem.
>> I don't know whether it was dd or the fact that I forcibly
>> disconnected the flashdisk as the only way of interrupting the
>> process. The issue I have was that the entire contents of the
>> flashdisk were wiped with some of the iso data being written the
>> flashdisk, and the label of the flashdisk was changed to the name of
>> the iso I was trying to copy. Also even though linux could read the
>> disk and believed it was vfat format, windows would not touch it,
>> complaining that it was not formatted.
>>     
>
> If you think about trouble with formatting your flash-drive - copy data 
> from your flash to Hard Disk - reboot computer for insure and copy data 
> from hard disk to your flash drive via mentioned dd_rescue or via 
> silimar prg ddrescue.
>
> Try to do it on the clear system - without any running prgs and as user 
> root - for full access.
>
> If you still fear about formatting - you can format flash-drive after 
> all  even from windows or (best) from drakedisk.
>
> Good Luck
> Miesiu
>   
Thanks Miesiu, but my problem is not formatting of the flashdisk, it is
that copying of large files to the flashdisk never finishes. In the case
above the man page does not document the functionality of the dd command
that can cause all data on the target device to be wiped.

regards,
Steve

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