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Recover a dead hard drive using dd
Authored by: jeffdoto on May 10, '05 04:41:34PM

Hey Guys,

I've followed the instructions as posted, and I can't seem to get my powerbook drive (mounted via firewire target mode) to copy onto my G5. here's the syntax I used:

dd if=/Volumes/jeff of=/Users/kenanderson/Desktop/Jeffs\ Stuff\ Do\ Not\ Erase/jeff.dmg

where "jeff" is my powerbook HD and the rest is the G5 desktop directory.

I keep getting "operation not permitted". I tried using "sudo" to override any privlege stuff, but, no dice.

Any ideas? I thought this was one of the coolest posts I'd seen, and I was psyched to try it, but I crashed and burned. I'm not a seasoned UNIX fella, so take it easy on me.

Thanks in advance,
Jeff



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use the device file, not the mount point
Authored by: juz10mac on May 10, '05 06:35:53PM
You are using /Volumes/jeff for your in file. This is the mount point of your volume (where its files can be accessed), but is not the device file. Use the command 'df' to see where Jeff is mounted. It should be something like disk1s3 or something. Use the command
dd if=/dev/disk1s3 of=~/Desktop/Jeff.dmg conv=noerror,sync
(assuming disk1s3 is the device file for jeff. It will most likely be something different).

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