On Thursday 06 January 2005 12:01, Jon LaBadie wrote: >On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 03:14:20AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> .... If the scratch file is not 512 bytes, the default amanda >> size > >You shouldn't spread false info :) > >Amanda's default is 32K. >dd's default is 512.
Odd. That wasn't my experience here Jon. If I did a 'dd if=/dev/nst0 of=scratch', if the tape had been set for 32768 blocksize, then thats the size of a scratch file I got, without telling dd the bs=32768. If that tape had not been set for 32768, then I assume the default must have been 512, and thats the size of the scratch file I'd get. When I was converting my tapes, I'd read out the label block, and use the syntax to make dd pad it on out to 32768 on the write back, IIRC thats a -s or something. Maybe there's different logic in other platforms dd? I wouldn't know. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.31% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
