Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-20 Thread Colin Law
On 20 September 2016 at 08:55, Neil Greenwood wrote: > > > On 19 September 2016 21:07:13 BST, Colin Law wrote: >>On 19 September 2016 at 20:13, Neil Greenwood >> wrote: >>> Sorry for the top post, I'm on my phone. >>> >>> I think partimage does what you want already. Clonezilla gives a >>(very >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-20 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 19 September 2016 21:07:13 BST, Colin Law wrote: >On 19 September 2016 at 20:13, Neil Greenwood > wrote: >> Sorry for the top post, I'm on my phone. >> >> I think partimage does what you want already. Clonezilla gives a >(very >> slightly) friendlier front end, but I've not used either for se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Colin Law
On 19 September 2016 at 20:13, Neil Greenwood wrote: > Sorry for the top post, I'm on my phone. > > I think partimage does what you want already. Clonezilla gives a (very > slightly) friendlier front end, but I've not used either for several > years... I believe partimage does not handle ext4 whi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Colin Law
On 19 September 2016 at 18:37, Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, at 17:49, Colin Law wrote: >> On 19 September 2016 at 17:18, Robert McWilliam wrote: >> Is not the partition table in the space before the first partition? So >> in the example I posted where I had >> >> Device Boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Neil Greenwood
Sorry for the top post, I'm on my phone. I think partimage does what you want already. Clonezilla gives a (very slightly) friendlier front end, but I've not used either for several years... Neil On 19 September 2016 17:49:44 BST, Colin Law wrote: >On 19 September 2016 at 17:18, Robert McWi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, at 17:49, Colin Law wrote: > On 19 September 2016 at 17:18, Robert McWilliam wrote: > Is not the partition table in the space before the first partition? So > in the example I posted where I had > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/sdb1 8192

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Colin Law
On 19 September 2016 at 17:18, Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, at 14:21, Colin Law wrote: >> I do a fair amount of work with SD cards and use dd to create an image >> for backup or for burning onto other cards. If I burn an image from an >> 8GB card onto a 16GB card then I get a car

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, at 14:21, Colin Law wrote: > I do a fair amount of work with SD cards and use dd to create an image > for backup or for burning onto other cards. If I burn an image from an > 8GB card onto a 16GB card then I get a card which is only half used. > If I then make an image from tha

[ubuntu-uk] Script to dd from an SD card only partitioned area

2016-09-19 Thread Colin Law
I do a fair amount of work with SD cards and use dd to create an image for backup or for burning onto other cards. If I burn an image from an 8GB card onto a 16GB card then I get a card which is only half used. If I then make an image from that one then I get a 16GB image (of which only 8GB or less