Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 09:00:22 -0400 (EDT) From: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley) To: jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu (John Fieber) Cc: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick start installation Message-ID: <m0sYCG6-0004pHC@bagend.atl.ga.us> In-Reply-To: <199507142140.RAA12422@grendel.csc.smith.edu> from "John Fieber" at Jul 14, 95 05:40:21 pm
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John Fieber wrote:
> Sean Kelly writes:
> > * Concern: when using dd to make a floppy from an image, you might
> > need to specify the block size on some systems. (I thought you
> > needed `bs=18b' on FreeBSD as well!) Maybe we should mention this.
> I don't think you *need* the blocksize, but I think an
> appropriate blocksize makes things go a little faster. Am I
> wrong? Anybody know optimal block sizes?
Define optimal. :) Optimal block sizes for dd to a floppy would be
the size of the track. For a 1.44MB floppy try bs=18k.
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