Greetings!
I have Porteus 3.1 with a 5gig .dat file installed on a FAT32 8gig flash drive. I wish to reformat the drive to ext4 and so do away with the .dat container file scheme. Is there a way I can extract or transplant the .dat file's contents to the new flash (as a new Changes file?) if I briefly transfer the .dat file to another linux drive for safekeeping during the process?
Thanks for any hints!
Jim in NYC
Transferring .dat file contents as Changes file on new drive
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Re: Transferring .dat file contents as Changes file on new d
Hi Jim
Boot into always fresh mode so the save.dat is not in use.
"mloop" the save.dat file to get access to the files
Example:
copy the content to the new location.(changes folder) on the physical device.
"uloop" the save.dat file
adjust the changes= path in porteus.cfg
NOTE:
because i do not use save.dat files, i can't say for sure that this will work.
(please make a Backup)
Boot into always fresh mode so the save.dat is not in use.
"mloop" the save.dat file to get access to the files
Example:
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root@localhost:~# mloop /mnt/sda2/temp/porteussave.dat
using /dev/loop15
Please wait while i gather some info ....
#################################
Your data file has been mounted at:
/mnt/loop
You can unmount it by typing uloop
Here is a list of the files:
....snip....
"uloop" the save.dat file
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root@localhost:~# uloop /mnt/sda2/temp/porteussave.dat
/mnt/loop has been unmounted
NOTE:
because i do not use save.dat files, i can't say for sure that this will work.
(please make a Backup)
Re: Transferring .dat file contents as Changes file on new d
Thanks for tip! Will report soon.
Jim in NYC
Jim in NYC