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Re: Copy 2 partitions to .img file



On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 01:00:38PM +0000, Hélder Pinheiro wrote:
>    Hello all,
> 
>    I have a memory card with 16GB of size, but only 4GB are partitioned
>    through 2 partitions (sdb1 and 2).
> 
>    I want to copy the content of both partitions into a .img file, in order
>    to be able to flash it on another 4GB memory card..
>    I tried with dd command, but I am only able to copy one partition each
>    time or the entire 16 GB.
> 
>    Could you help me copying only the two partitions?

You COULD append the second partition to the first one, but then you
have a problem of where does one partition end and the other finish? Why
not make a separate image for each partition and then, if you really
must have one file, tar them together?

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