Horst wrote:

> I am not sure if the block size needs to match the granulariy of the
> device, i.e. would a partial block been read and written?

Yes.  dd does the right thing.

> Also I don't know how the funny stuff in /proc is handled by dd ?

/proc does not exist on disk -- it's created on the fly by the kernel
as you access it.

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
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