Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 20:00:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Raw Devices, Please Explain... Message-ID: <XFMail.980927200001.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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$ dd if=/dev/rda4s4d of=/dev/null bs=1 count=1
dd: /dev/rda4s4d: Invalid argument
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes transferred in 0.078265 secs (0 bytes/sec)
root@nomiS on ttyp6 at Sun Sep 27 in /usr/local/src/st 1.[158]
$ dd if=/dev/rda4s4d of=/dev/null bs=512 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes transferred in 0.000723 secs (708156 bytes/sec)
Cannot read one byte form a CHARACTER device?
Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
770.265.7340
Simon Shapiro
Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth
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