From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 30 20:49:39 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0403F4309E5 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:49:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnl@iecc.com) Received: from gal.iecc.com (gal.iecc.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:43:6f73:7461]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "gal.iecc.com", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C1pKF5vxZz3Wyg for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:49:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnl@iecc.com) Received: (qmail 87872 invoked from network); 30 Sep 2020 20:49:30 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple; d=iecc.com; h=date:message-id:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=1573e.5f74ef5a.k2009; bh=X9FjJOHYzU8a3CBk3NT/FjAPbvyKk2yV6cCJ3IxZbOA=; b=j+txX3j9xVx4RF9b81v1OF00NeE5u2FTzFrvvFYi0mT6bXKMzQPVZOwlipfBBm58zblTr2zjkIbopZzMVBzZ1YBkesegi9hGZvHbQ2nvODIV5lqbGBT+ANz8EgKCkJhLxlKDQVESUqulAcyaAuJKOMOadI1Hb2iiFhYmP2oWIKXEtKipuoiNsr8ph001f8mUJVd36syEy9P2XF6Ykgy9ATpo9MwE20VeCEK9vhYN4cdB4agSieoEPgD39NivGbyqG5Laku2hYBHNK01cFmBgnHkwW5PTpx7pTvUeJa5jVkvBWV+aIF5+0CAbM6NNOQXQkfJ28V35vIWkQ7FY3kI6Rw== Received: from ary.qy ([IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126::78:696d:6170]) by imap.iecc.com ([IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126::78:696d:6170]) with ESMTPS (TLS1.2 ECDHE-RSA AES-256-GCM AEAD) via TCP6; 30 Sep 2020 20:49:30 -0000 Received: by ary.qy (Postfix, from userid 501) id ACF2F22BD7AF; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:49:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: 30 Sep 2020 16:49:29 -0400 Message-Id: <20200930204929.ACF2F22BD7AF@ary.qy> From: "John Levine" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: kuku@kukulies.org Subject: Re: concluding from dd raw dump size to disk mfgr In-Reply-To: <4B77A4C4-5CBE-4414-B54B-05B3A2990E79@kukulies.org> Organization: Taughannock Networks X-Headerized: yes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4C1pKF5vxZz3Wyg X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=iecc.com header.s=1573e.5f74ef5a.k2009 header.b=j+txX3j9; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=iecc.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of johnl@iecc.com designates 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:43:6f73:7461 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=johnl@iecc.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.33 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[iecc.com:s=1573e.5f74ef5a.k2009]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.03)[-1.026]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_MED(-2.00)[iecc.com:dkim]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2001:470:1f07:1126::/64]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.98)[-0.978]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[iecc.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[iecc.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.82)[-0.823]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:49:39 -0000 In article <4B77A4C4-5CBE-4414-B54B-05B3A2990E79@kukulies.org> you write: > >Thanks. Using a larger disk would be an option too. > >Interesting that the WD drive you found has exactly the same size. Disk sizes are pretty well standardized. I think you will find that any 500GB disk is the right size for your dump. -- Regards, John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly