Copying the image to the CF with with dd (Note: the CF card already had a Linux partition as /dev/sdd1 that I didn't delete before dd) [root@centos astlinux-trunk]# ll total 211848 drwxrwxr-x 11 compile 4096 Jan 22 08:26 . drwx------ 4 compile 4096 Jan 22 07:45 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 11048 Jan 22 06:54 astlinux.config -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 31078400 Jan 22 08:23 astlinux.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 8564 Jan 22 06:54 astlinux-openser.config drwxrwxr-x 2 compile 4096 Jan 22 08:21 astlinux-trunk-1540 -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 25372480 Jan 22 08:21 astlinux-trunk-1540.tar.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 69 Jan 22 08:21 astlinux-trunk-1540.tar.gz.sha1 drwxrwxr-x 79 compile 4096 Jan 22 08:23 build_i586 -rwxrwxr-x 1 compile 12368 Jan 22 06:54 bximage -rw-r--r-- 1 root 638 Jan 22 08:26 bximage.out -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 11096 Jan 22 06:57 .config -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 6322 Jan 22 06:57 .config.cmd -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 5955 Jan 22 06:54 Config.in -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 11161 Jan 22 06:55 .config.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root 67092480 Jan 22 08:26 disk.img drwxrwxr-x 3 compile 12288 Jan 22 08:23 dl drwxrwxr-x 4 compile 4096 Jan 22 06:53 docs -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 12277 Jan 22 06:54 gumstix.config -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 188309 Jan 22 08:20 initrd.img.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 6189 Jan 22 06:54 Makefile -rwxrwxr-x 1 compile 3479 Jan 22 06:54 makeimage.sh drwxrwxr-x 196 compile 4096 Jan 22 06:54 package -rw-rw-r-- 1 compile 82907136 Jan 22 08:20 rootfs.i586.ext2 -rwx------ 1 compile 25251840 Jan 22 08:21 rootfs.i586.squashfs drwxrwxr-x 6 compile 4096 Jan 22 06:54 .svn drwxrwxr-x 18 compile 4096 Jan 22 06:53 target drwxrwxr-x 13 compile 4096 Jan 22 06:53 toolchain drwxrwxr-x 18 compile 4096 Jan 22 08:20 toolchain_build_i586 [root@centos astlinux-trunk]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 164.6 GB, 164696555520 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20023 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 4844 38909398+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 5100 20023 119877030 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda3 4845 5099 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda5 5100 20023 119876998+ 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdd: 1024 MB, 1024966656 bytes 32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 993 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 = 1032192 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 1 993 1000912+ 83 Linux [root@centos astlinux-trunk]# dd if=disk.img of=/dev/sdd 131040+0 records in 131040+0 records out 67092480 bytes (67 MB) copied, 29.7023 seconds, 2.3 MB/s [root@centos astlinux-trunk]# sync [root@centos astlinux-trunk]# sync [root@centos astlinux-trunk]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 164.6 GB, 164696555520 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20023 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 4844 38909398+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 5100 20023 119877030 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda3 4845 5099 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda5 5100 20023 119876998+ 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdd: 1024 MB, 1024966656 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1986 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 1 130 65488+ 83 Linux