Top "Dd" questions

A low-level command-line tool on Unix-like operating systems to copy and convert files.

How to overwrite some bytes of a binary file with dd?

I have a binary file and i want to replace the value A2 at address DEADBEEF with some other value, …

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create a virtual floppy image without mount?

There are a lot of posts to show to create a virtual floppy image file as a super user or …

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Bootstrap indenting within dd tags not working as expected

I am designing (wish I was a designer) a webpage for a charity - the constitution which is basically a …

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Can't back up SD card with dd, complains "Input/Output Error"

I have successfully backed up my SD card twice by issuing the following command sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/…

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How can I use dd to write an image to my android phones SD card?

I'm trying to use my android phone in place of a card reader to write a .img file to its …

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How to redirect output from dd command to /dev/null?

In shell script i need to redirect output from dd command to /dev/null - how to do that? ( dd …

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Creating a bootable ISO image with custom bootloader

I am trying to convert a bootloader I wrote in Assembly Language to an ISO image file. The following is …

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How to extract the first x-megabyte from a large file in unix/linux?

I have a large file which I am only interested in the first couple of megabytes in the head. How …

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How to use PipeViewer(pv) on Mac OS with dd

I'm trying to copy a .img of Ubuntu 14.04.1 to my bootable usb using the command sudo dd if=~/Documents/targetUbuntu.…

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