dd Questions

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I need to find know how to properly use the dd() function in Laravel projects. For example - I have got tasks to debug some code and functionality in my project (PHP /Laravel) and it always takes m...
Transmitter asked 26/3, 2022 at 14:33

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I have a binary file and i want to replace the value A2 at address DEADBEEF with some other value, say A1. How can I do this with dd? If there are other tools that can do this, please suggest. But...
Bonspiel asked 3/9, 2011 at 2:37

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When I run in my Ubuntu terminal: sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=~/file bs=8k count=200k; rm -f ~/file it works fine. If I run it through Pythons subprocess.Popen(): output, err = subprocess.Popen(['s...
Snatch asked 17/11, 2016 at 18:51

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I am writing a Powershell script to make a raw copy of a drive and I have been unable to find a way to complete this. On Linux, I would use 'dd' to perform this copy. There are a handful of tools...
Insoluble asked 2/6, 2016 at 17:5

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I have a large file which I am only interested in the first couple of megabytes in the head. How do I extract the first x-megabyte from a large file in unix/linux and put it into a seperate file?...
Mcpherson asked 31/8, 2012 at 19:21

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I am very new to Linux. I was reading this article on using the dd command to burn ISOs to USB drives. I didn't understand this section on fdatasync. https://www.howtogeek.com/414574/how-to-burn-an...
Flavourful asked 27/6, 2021 at 11:30

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In Linux, we can do dd if=/dev/sdb of=bckup.img but if the disk is of 32GB with only 4GB used, the 32GB image file is waste of space-time. Is there any way or tool to create images with only val...
Bucephalus asked 14/10, 2013 at 7:5

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I am an avid Linux user who is being made to use Windows for work. I was given the go-ahead to install WSL2 and Ubuntu on the work computer. I would like to burn a bootable USB using dd in WSL2, bu...
Jael asked 4/11, 2020 at 16:21

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I want to display the content of my session with the same style that the dd() function. I try to do this : <div> {!! dump(session()->all()) !!} </div> And i get this error : Fa...
Aut asked 14/1, 2020 at 12:51

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I'm having problem to use this command under windows dd if=*file* of=/dev/sdx bs=512 seek=2 conv=fsync Using cygwin shell: $ dd if=file of=/cygdrive/f bs=512 seek=2 conv=fsync dd: failed...
Nitriding asked 1/6, 2017 at 11:31

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I'm trying to copy a compressed image into a partition inside a Beaglebone. Usually, it is a 2 step process: xz -d console.img.xz # console.img is created dd if=console.img of=/dev/mmcblk0p3 Is ...
Notwithstanding asked 5/1, 2018 at 8:21

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I am trying to make a backup (a direct dd image of the partitions of my built-in memory card of my phone to my PC. I am using Linux and my phone is a Nexus 4.
Gascon asked 17/11, 2014 at 7:49

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I have a server with a RAID50 configuration of 24 drives (two groups of 12), and if I run: dd if=/dev/zero of=ddfile2 bs=1M count=1953 oflag=direct I get: 2047868928 bytes (2.0 GB) copied, 0.80...
Recognizor asked 2/11, 2015 at 19:12

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I have noticed that writing in Laravel's Controller: dd($array) outputs an un-structured view of array in Chrome Developer Tools (chome 61.0.3163.91 64-bit, MAC OS). before it was something...
Electromyography asked 21/9, 2017 at 10:42

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If I have a file on a file system I can do something like this with dd: dd if=/my/filewithaheader.bin bs=32k skip=1 | gunzip | tar tvf however if I try something like this: ./commandthatputsstu...
Panpipe asked 23/11, 2013 at 10:18

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I'd like to measure tmpfs performance by using dd. But it fail, like below: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/128M bs=4M count=32 oflag=direct dd: failed to open ‘/tmp/128M’: Invalid argument Any help?...
Wernick asked 9/1, 2014 at 7:28

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What is the most efficient and reliable way in Python to split sectors up like this: number: 101 (may vary of course) chunk1: 1 to 30 chunk2: 31 to 61 chunk3: 62 to 92 chunk4: 93 to 101 Flow: co...
Espinosa asked 20/6, 2017 at 14:1

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When I call dd() (die and dump) like dd($user->friends()); I only get the output from the first record in the collection. When I try to do something like: foreach($user->friends() as $f...
Barney asked 23/12, 2015 at 4:0

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I am trying to convert a bootloader I wrote in Assembly Language to an ISO image file. The following is the code from MikeOS bootloader. Here is my bootloader code: BITS 16 start: mov ax, 07C0h ...
Smasher asked 14/12, 2015 at 13:41

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I tested this: strace python -c "fp = open('/dev/urandom', 'rb'); ans = fp.read(65600); fp.close()" With the following partial output: read(3, "\211^\250\202P\32\344\262\373\332\241y\226\340\16...
Cathrine asked 2/10, 2015 at 11:38

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How do you calculate the optimal blocksize when running a dd? I've researched it a bit and I've not found anything suggesting how this would be accomplished. I am under the impression that a...
Wieren asked 28/5, 2011 at 13:6

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Is there a way to have Linux read ahead when cloning a disk? I use the program named "dd" to clone disks. The last time I did this it seemed as though the OS was reading then writing but neve...
Lori asked 10/9, 2008 at 16:39

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Does anyone know how to get grep, or similar tool, to retrieve offsets of hex strings in a file? I have a bunch of hexdumps (from GDB) that I need to check for strings and then run again and check ...
Nora asked 12/6, 2011 at 3:5

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I have a hard drive that I want to overwrite, not with null bytes, but with a message. 48 69 64 64 65 6e 20 = "Hidden " Here's my command thus far: echo "Hidden " > /myfile dd if=/myfile of=/...
Cassius asked 21/12, 2013 at 0:59

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If you look up how to clone an entire disk to another one on the web, you will find something like that: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb conv=notrunc,noerror While I understand the noerror, I am gett...
Agranulocytosis asked 11/12, 2013 at 17:41

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