jim <gana...@hotmail.com> wrote: > while $not_finished > do dd bs=$BS count=1
> The problem is that dd never transfers a full block; $BS is about > 400000, and each time through the loop, dd only transfers about 73xxx > bytes, and sometimes less. Is $BS a multiple of something? If so, maybe it would help to do something like: do dd bs=`echo $BS/8 | bc` count=8 regards Henrik -- The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is: hc123(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers: r...@localhost postmas...@localhost
