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Re: DD over Netcat
There is no \device directory. You just use /dev/whatever even
though it doesn't show up in ls.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Jwelch <jwelch@corp.fanbox.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, that makes sense but I don't have the /device directory. How do I create
> it so I can see it?
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> Dave Korn wrote:
>>
>> Jwelch wrote on 26 June 2008 18:13:
>>
>>> I've been trying to do a block copy of one of my systems but I'm having
>>> an
>>> issue with finding the partition on cygwin. When I go to /dev, I don't
>>> see
>>> my hard drives so I can't do a DD.
>>
>> Even though you don't see them, they are there. The /dev filesystem is
>> (more-or-less) entirely synthetic under cygwin. See here for the details
>> of
>> the device names you'll want to use:
>>
>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html
>>
>> Note especially the first paragraph under "POSIX devices".
>>
>> cheers,
>> DaveK
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