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RE: DD over Netcat


Ok, that makes sense but I don't have the /device directory. How do I create
it so I can see it?




Dave Korn wrote:
> 
> Jwelch wrote on 26 June 2008 18:13:
> 
>> I've been trying to do a block copy of one of my systems but I'm having
>> an
>> issue with finding the partition on cygwin. When I go to /dev, I don't
>> see
>> my hard drives so I can't do a DD. 
> 
>   Even though you don't see them, they are there.  The /dev filesystem is
> (more-or-less) entirely synthetic under cygwin.  See here for the details
> of
> the device names you'll want to use:
> 
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html
> 
> Note especially the first paragraph under "POSIX devices".
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
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