Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:02:52 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: concluding from dd raw dump size to disk mfgr Message-ID: <4B77A4C4-5CBE-4414-B54B-05B3A2990E79@kukulies.org> In-Reply-To: <d7f8f28f-fce0-4717-ec7f-fd3e1412b969@holgerdanske.com> References: <d7f8f28f-fce0-4717-ec7f-fd3e1412b969@holgerdanske.com>
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Thanks. Using a larger disk would be an option too. Interesting that the WD drive you found has exactly the same size. I had luck to have had access to the original system today again and I found the same drive for sale a few miles from my home in an Internet classifieds platform for 8 € (10$). — Christoph > > Am 30.09.2020 um 20:23 schrieb David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>: > > On 2020-09-30 00:40, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >> I made a dd dump of a raw disk device the other day. The size of the dump is exactly >> 500107862016 bytes in size, corresponding to 997773168 sectors (512bytes). >> I would like to dump this file back to a physical device. Best would be the one which fits exactly that size. Unfortunately I presently don't know what drive mfgr./type this corresponds to. Is there a way to find out? > >> On 2020-09-30 05:59, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >> ... I didn’t have physical access nor any access to the system I took the dd dump from. I thought just to identify the >> drive from the calculation of the dump size. >> But meanwhile I identified a device that fits and that probably must have the type of drive I took the dump from: >> Toshiba MQ01ABF050 > I am unable to find an WWW database of drive specifications. > > > STFW "500107862016": > > https://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/bugs/256/ > > ~# sfdisk -l /dev/sda > Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0x6c6583c4 > <snip> > > Diskinfo: > > Model Family: Western Digital Blue Mobile > Device Model: WDC WD5000LPVX-22V0TT0 > Serial Number: WD-WXB1A45580UJ > LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 605ce1d84 > Firmware Version: 01.01A01 > User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB] > Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical > <snip> > > > Another option is to copy the image to a larger device. > > > If the original image used GPT partitioning, you would then need to repair the backup GPT table. I did this recently using sfdisk(8): > > https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg760783.html > > > gdisk(8) was also suggested: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg760803.html > > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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