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Creating image of CF card produces inconsistent results
A friend is trying to clone a CF card using the following linux command:
sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=card3.img bs=4M status=progress
but each time, it is producing a different image.
The first two cards ...
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Unique ID of storage device
I've come across license systems that are somehow tied to the storage medium. While basing this on the UUID on the filesystem is fairly straightforward, I do not believe this is the case (see below). ...
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Is my CF card broken?
I am trying to install Voyage Linux on a 4GB compact flash card according to these steps.
However it always fails at some point.
When I format the disk manually (as opposed to using the provided ...
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Is this valid JFS partition?
My teacher gave my his laptop (with Fedora 16 on it) and compact flash card with data. He wants to have access to files on card, but he couldn't get access to it. The problem is Linux doesn't know ...
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Embedded webserver (mysql) on a compact flash : how to reduce read/write operations?
I've developed a tiny webserver for home automation out of an ALIX 1D, and based on a debian lenny.
It runs very smoothly and is now able to operate quite a lot of different equipment from a webapp.
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Using different SSDs types (not only SATA based) as system drive
Currently I have a Thinkpad X61s and want to make it both a bit faster and a bit more power efficient.
For that reason I thought that adding SSD drive would make most sense. Unfortunately, because of ...
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Reliability of a Compact Flash as a hard drive
I would now if someone can help me and say if I need a industrial grade or not to insure reliability in a PC embedded device. I use linux and make the most filesystem in RAM to avoid read/write of the ...
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