Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 15:05:18 -0600 From: "Long, Scott" <Scott_Long@btc.adaptec.com> To: "'Edwin Culp'" <eculp@encontacto.net>, Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: dd if=/dev/acd0c of=/tmp/fbsd.raw gives dd: /dev/acd0c: Inval id argument Message-ID: <2C7CBDC6EA58D6119E4A00065B3A24CB04631D@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com>
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> 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 <maxim@macomnet.ru>: > > | 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 > | > > | > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > | > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > | > > | > > | > ------------------------------------------------------------- > | > http://insourcery.com - Mergence of Business and Technology > | > a "Griffin Plaza Partners, LLC" Company > | > > | > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > | > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > | > > | > > | > | -- > | Maxim Konovalov, MAcomnet, Internet Dept., system engineer > | phone: +7 (095) 796-9079, mailto:maxim@macomnet.ru > | > | > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > The illiterate of the 21st century will not be > those who cannot read and write, > but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. > --Alvin Toffler > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > http://insourcery.com - Mergence of Business and Technology > a "Griffin Plaza Partners, LLC" Company > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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