[BBLISA] Knoppix and dd limitations

[Tim Winter]

Scott,

Are you sure your dd syntax is correct?  It looks like what you are doing
is creating a very large image file in the mount_point folder, not copying
the image from one drive to another.  If you are just trying to clone a
drive, you probably want to do this:

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb

-Tim

> I downloaded the newest (5.0.1) version of Knoppix live on DVD.
>
> I've successfully mounted a Windows share on a Knoppix DVD boot for a
> dual-boot
> hard drive I want to image.   During the imaging process, dd keeps
> producing a
> file size limitation when hitting the 2.097G mark.   I'm using the basic
> dd
> if=/dev/sda of=/mount_point
>
> Windows XP was installed with NTFS, and Linux is RHEL4 with default
> options.
>
> How do I get around the file size limitation?
>
> Would cpio be better?   If so, what would be the recommended command line?
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> Scott
>
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