Re: How to backup X-profile & IDEfile compact flash cards

Thanks fro the information...However the prospect of accidentally wiping my HDD will probably keep me well away from this method ;-)

On Apr 10, 6:05Êam, Ray Arachelian <r..._at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
> Nama wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > How would I make backup copies of my X-profile and IDEfile compact
> > flash cards in case the cards die or are accidentally erased. I would
> > like to be able to back them up, with the option to then copy the
> > contents back to CF again.
>
> If you're on any flavor of unix, including OS X, you can just insert
> them and see what device is mounted, then use dd to copy them out.
>
> i.e. if the newly inserted CF card shows up as /dev/sdd (mount shows
> /dev/sdd1 as the fat12 volume):
>
> dd if=/dev/sdd of=/home/ray/X-profile-CF-card.dd
>
> if=input file.
> of=output file.
>
> Be careful with dd, if you get the device paths wrong, you can wipe your
> whole hard drive. ÊIf you're trying to copy the CF card to your hard
> drive and put the device in of, you'll erase your CF card instead of
> backing it up! Ê(If you're restoring the file to the card, obviously
> reverse the parameters.)
>
> Be careful to use the whole device, and not just the mini fat12
> partition that tells you it's an X-Profile disk. ÊThe trick is, you'd
> need to know enough unix to be able to figure out what the device name
> is, but if you type in mount, it'll tell you because it should
> automatically mount that small fat12 partition, so strip off the
> partition number of the device and it will probably work. ÊYou might
> need to use the raw device name on some unixes, and you'll almost
> certainly need to be root.
>
> Sometimes you may need to unmount the card for it to work since if the
> mini partition is seen as "in use" it may decide to deny access to the
> drive.
>
> If you're on windows, you could always boot up a live linux CD and get
> into a command prompt. ÊMost of the current ones recognize NTFS and can
> mount it r/w, but again, be very careful about what you do and where,
> and don't try this if you're not familiar with unix.

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