Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:56:19 GMT From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/186495: option to read and write last block of a disk for dd(1) Message-ID: <201402051956.s15JuJji015010@oldred.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201402052000.s15K02Dh090456@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 186495 >Category: misc >Synopsis: option to read and write last block of a disk for dd(1) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 05 20:00:01 UTC 2014 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Chris Whitehouse >Release: 10.0R amd64 >Organization: Chris Whitehouse >Environment: FreeBSD chaos.bikerevolution.co.uk 10.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #0 r260789: Thu Jan 16 22:34:59 UTC 2014 root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: It would be great if dd(1) could read and write the last block of a disk without the user having to calculate blocks. Eg gpt partition schemes store metadata in the last sector. Suggested option could be seek=-1. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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