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Hi Thomas,
Look into the 'dd' command for backing up the contents of the CF card.  You
can make byte-for-byte image backups of any disk partition, even if your
operating system does not know how to mount the partition's filesystem.  dd
is available on most *nix operating systems, including Mac OS X.

-Elijah



On 12/18/06, Thomas Isenbarger <tom@isenbarger.us> wrote:
>
> >> I have a Powerbook with a PC card slot and an appropriate adapter for
> >> my CF card.  Does anyone have a good solution for backing up a CF
> >> card using a Mac, for instance, writing the contents of the CF card
> >> to a file on my Powerbook in some way?
> >
> > Hopefully, the device is accessible via /dev/wd.. or something
> > similar.  If you
> > know which device fd to use, you can simply `cat /dev/wd0 | gzip >
> > backup.gz`.
> > But that means that, in order to restore your backup, you really
> > ought to
> > restore it to a CF card that is completely identical to the card
> > your backup
> > came from.  Otherwise, you will need to figure out how to mount the
> > card and tar
> > up the filesystem.  I don't know the BSDs all that well, and
> > probably couldn't
> > give you advice on how to do that sort of thing.
>
> Does anyone else have any good backup solutions?
>
> Thanks,
> isen
>

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Hi Thomas,<br>Look into the 'dd' command for backing up the contents of the CF card.&nbsp; You can make byte-for-byte image backups of any disk partition, even if your operating system does not know how to mount the partition's filesystem.&nbsp; dd is available on most *nix operating systems, including Mac OS X.
<br><br>-Elijah<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/18/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Thomas Isenbarger</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:tom@isenbarger.us">tom@isenbarger.us</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
&gt;&gt; I have a Powerbook with a PC card slot and an appropriate adapter for<br>&gt;&gt; my CF card.&nbsp;&nbsp;Does anyone have a good solution for backing up a CF<br>&gt;&gt; card using a Mac, for instance, writing the contents of the CF card
<br>&gt;&gt; to a file on my Powerbook in some way?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Hopefully, the device is accessible via /dev/wd.. or something<br>&gt; similar.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you<br>&gt; know which device fd to use, you can simply `cat /dev/wd0 | gzip &gt;
<br>&gt; backup.gz`.<br>&gt; But that means that, in order to restore your backup, you really<br>&gt; ought to<br>&gt; restore it to a CF card that is completely identical to the card<br>&gt; your backup<br>&gt; came from.&nbsp;&nbsp;Otherwise, you will need to figure out how to mount the
<br>&gt; card and tar<br>&gt; up the filesystem.&nbsp;&nbsp;I don't know the BSDs all that well, and<br>&gt; probably couldn't<br>&gt; give you advice on how to do that sort of thing.<br><br>Does anyone else have any good backup solutions?
<br><br>Thanks,<br>isen<br></blockquote></div><br>

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