On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 03:17:07PM +0100, Sytse Wielinga wrote: > Why not just use dd if=/dev/xxx `blockdev --getbsz /dev/xxx` ...?
because it doesn't work, as I've demonstrated in Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dd if=/dev/hdg7 of=/dev/null bs=512 > attempt to access beyond end of device > 22:07: rw=0, want=4996184, limit=4996183 > dd: reading `/dev/hdg7': Input/output error > 9992360+0 records in > 9992360+0 records out > 5116088320 bytes transferred in 92,603241 seconds (55247400 bytes/sec) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > Fixing dd's blocksize to 512 doesn't help either. -- *axiom* welcher sensorische input bewirkte die output-aktion, den irc-chatter mit dem nick "dus" des irc-servers mittels eines kills zu verweisen? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/