X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4D104F53.9020803@bonhard.uklinux.net> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:55:15 +0000 From: Fergus User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin ML CC: Fergus Subject: Re: dd to linux partition Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com > I've never tried it for other than ID b i.e. ext2 ^^ 83 Also inodes have to be 128 bytes or less. I think current versions of mke2fs default to 256, so you have to use mke2fs -I128 when setting up the Linux partition initially. You might need a bit of reconfiguring before you can finally back up your partition but Ext2IFS (or similar and possibly better) is an invaluable pathway into your system. Fergus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple