Re: Linux, dd, and image file

...and on Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 08:31:10AM -0800, Sabol, Paul used the keyboard: <snip>
> Basically, I md5 the original drive, make a working directory on my Linux
> drive, and then 'dd if=/dev/hdc of=testing.bin conv=notrunc,noerror,sync".
> I then make a /mnt/windows directory to be used as the mount point and chmod
> 777 this directory.

All well and fine, but you've just created an image of the entire hard drive, my friend, which is why mount is complaining, as there clearly isn't a valid superblock, but instead a master boot record. :)

You should check out the partition table using "fdisk -l /dev/hdc", then "dd if=/dev/hdc1 ..." if the NTFS partition is the first and/or the only one on that disk, or use the corresponding partition number.

<snip>
> I do the following:

Just a note: the following is also possible and saves you one step:

    $ mount -t ntfs -o loop ./testing.bin /mnt/windows

Cheers & good luck,

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