[Coco] sidewalk with Linux

[Mike Rowen]

Thanks Louis. I have used dd to copy one CF card to another and the copies work in the SuperIDE. So I don't think there is any issue with the actual images. I just seem unable to open an image with sidewalk.

-Mike

On Jun 18, 2013, at 9:58 PM, "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> you should be able to copy as:
> 
> dd if=/dev/sdb of=cfimage.img bs=1M count=245
> 
> to copy back or to another cf:
> 
> dd if=cfimage.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=245
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Mike Rowen <mike at bcmr3.net> wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone successfully used sidewalk under Linux? I copied a SuperIDE CF
>> card via dd and tried to open the image in sidewalk, but it reports
>> "Archive type not supported". Same thing happens when attempting to access
>> the CF directly. Here is what Linux (CentOS 6.3) shows for the device:
>> 
>> Disk /dev/sdb: 256 MB, 256901120 bytes
>> 8 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 496 * 512 = 253952 bytes
>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>> Disk identifier: 0xffffffff
>> 
>> I understand that this has mostly been used from Windows. If anyone has
>> used it under Linux, any tips appreciated. I would like to be able to
>> browse CF backup images if not directly manipulate them. Thanks!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> -Mike Rowen
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