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From: tanel@juku.li.ttu.ee (Tanel Kuusk)
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de
Subject: Re: slow floppy
Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, john@kiawah.atinc.com
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> >>copy 1.2 MB:
> >
> >cat and `dd bs=18k' on the raw device should be faster.  The default
bs=15k for a 5.25 inch floppy
(and bs=9k for any 720k floppy)

  Tanel