What device is rootfs on for backup via dd

Bob Frank robert.kenneth.frank at gmail.com
Mon Jul 21 05:48:20 CEST 2008


According to /etc/fstab, it seems to be /dev/mtdblock4, which does exist.

-Bob Frank

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Jim Morris <ml at e4net.com> wrote:

> Having failed to backup my rootfs via dfutils, I thought maybe I could..
>
>  > dd if=/dev/root of=/media/card/backup.bin
>
> But even though mount shows /dev/root as the root device. the actual dev
> does not exist.
>
> Anyone know what the device name for the actual rootfs is?
>
> Thanks
> Jim
>
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> Jim Morris, http://blog.wolfman.com
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