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WRT why it stopped after 10MB, if i specified a smaller size it would just |
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stop after whatever was specified, so its just doing a single chunk equal to |
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whatever bs has been specified as. |
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I think the re-read of the partition table is probably the problem - so |
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thanks for that suggestion. |
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To check my understanding - would it be correct to say that; |
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1. Using dd to copy the first 512 bytes (MBR) is ALL that is needed to setup |
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the partitions - that is i wont need to run fdisk etc afterward. |
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2. Using dd in this way of course will not update the kernel's knowledge of |
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the partition table so a partprobe is necessary |
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3. When using fdisk to write a partition table and exit, it calls a re-read |
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of the partition table by the kernel so any changes should be ready straight |
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away. (there's a message about calling ioctl when it exits - so i guess that |
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is the update) |
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