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SaulArch

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Registered: 2010-07-30

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Trying to copy my Linux boot partition

I'm installing Arch on my new IBM X200, and decided this time around I would try to dual-boot with Windows. All this has done for me is made things difficult. The laptop came with three primary partitions, so I made a fourth extended partition with my /boot, swap, /, and /home within and installed Arch. I installed GRUB to /boot, not the Windows MBR.

Correct solution
No need to do this using "dd on windows". Just get on Linux and:

mkdir -p /mnt/usb
mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb
dd if=/dev/sda5 of=/mnt/usb/linux.img bs=512 count=1
umount /mnt/usb

The few guides I found online didn't work, so I hope this help.

Last edited by SaulArch (2010-08-15 20:01:07)

SaulArch

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Registered: 2010-07-30

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Trying to copy my Linux boot partition

EDIT: Sorry for the waste. Feel free to delete this post, or even the thread unless future reference might be needed.

Last edited by SaulArch (2010-08-15 19:42:20)