From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 31 15:03:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFBC8106567B for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:03:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 974868FC08 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:03:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KvvWq-0003Ch-S8 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:03:12 +0000 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:03:12 +0000 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:03:12 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:04:02 +0100 Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <490AC650.3000904@kukulies.org> <20081031110159.GA30244@icarus.home.lan> <490B17D2.6010000@kukulies.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig98DA7B437EF669D35C35BC13" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) In-Reply-To: <490B17D2.6010000@kukulies.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: fastest raw device copy? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:03:20 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig98DA7B437EF669D35C35BC13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Christoph Kukulies wrote: > OK, I understand that 10000000 isn't good, I just thought it wouldn't > harm. But if it is a transfer rate killer then I'd better think of > typing ^C now. The command is running for 6 hours now. No, with a size that isn't a multiple of sector sizes your transferred data will be corrupted. Actually, it's surprising that your number even works - the system should have complained when you requested that size for bs. > An idea how I can check the current amount of transfered byed alongside= > the running dd command? Or watch the current i/o rate? hit Ctrl-T while running dd. --------------enig98DA7B437EF669D35C35BC13 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJCx5ildnAQVacBcgRAkGKAKCqH4iNKjpDKAtUs3O6LmbUZHNW7wCgiT7b 22IqlVLzVZQ6WYKEaw08LCI= =ckXg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig98DA7B437EF669D35C35BC13--