kAt: > dd if=/media/------/image.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M; sync > > the image works but the format of the drive seems false > gparted when starting says that linux thinks it is a 256k block and not > the 4m it indicates. It shows on an 8G drive an empty space of 28G > > Is it the option of bs=4M that creates this problem. The free space can > not be formatted and partitioned. As Gparted tried to claim and format > this space as a 6.7G which seemed right it crashed. > > Any advise would greatly be appreciated > kAt-rin
Correction to the error message, it is this: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes, but Linux says it is 512 bytes. or at least that is what I get without using the bs=4M option I am wondering whether it is a fault of the iso image (recent download of the Rescatux 4.0beta) which I am trying to use without luck on an old 32bit Celeron?? .. with Win XP to repair its admin pass and booting which seems to take for ever. I am trying to use the empty part of the stick to copy and store temporatily some important files before I mess with it or install debian kAt
