RE: dd if=/dev/acd0c of=/tmp/fbsd.raw gives dd: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argument

2002-05-06 Thread Long, Scott

> It does for me to with 2048 as the block size. I won't say what
> block size I was using. 
> 
> Thanks, I wasn't even thinking block size.
> 

Yes, the block size is checked by the driver, so that it knows whether to
rip the disk in raw 2352 byte sectors.  dd defaults to 512 bytes, which
the driver rejects.

Scott

> 
> Quoting Maxim Konovalov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> | On 11:57-0700, May 6, 2002, Edwin Culp wrote:
> | 
> | > Please disregard my previous email.  I had forgotten the 
> error message.
> | >
> | > I can't get dd if=/dev/acd0c of=/tmp/fbsd.raw to work.
> | >
> | > I get: dd: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argument
> | 
> | dd if=/dev/acd0c of=/tmp/fbsd.raw bs=2048
> | 
> | works for me.
> | 
> | > I'm sure that I've done this before although it has been 
> a long time.
> | > It was probably before the devfs.  I don't have a current 
> or release
> | > box to test on.
> | >
> | > Does anyone know why or what I am doing wrong?
> | >
> | > Thanks,
> | >
> | > ed
> | >
> | >
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Re: dd if=/dev/acd0c of=/tmp/fbsd.raw gives dd: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argument

2002-05-06 Thread Edwin Culp

It does for me to with 2048 as the block size. I won't say what
block size I was using. 

Thanks, I wasn't even thinking block size.

ed


Quoting Maxim Konovalov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

| On 11:57-0700, May 6, 2002, Edwin Culp wrote:
| 
| > Please disregard my previous email.  I had forgotten the error message.
| >
| > I can't get dd if=/dev/acd0c of=/tmp/fbsd.raw to work.
| >
| > I get: dd: /dev/acd0c: Invalid argument
| 
| dd if=/dev/acd0c of=/tmp/fbsd.raw bs=2048
| 
| works for me.
| 
| > I'm sure that I've done this before although it has been a long time.
| > It was probably before the devfs.  I don't have a current or release
| > box to test on.
| >
| > Does anyone know why or what I am doing wrong?
| >
| > Thanks,
| >
| > ed
| >
| >
| >
| > -
| >  http://insourcery.com - Mergence of Business and Technology
| >   a "Griffin Plaza Partners, LLC" Company
| >
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| 
| 


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