Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 07:44:53 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us Cc: jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick start installation Message-ID: <9507181344.AA05571@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <m0sYCG6-0004pHC@bagend.atl.ga.us> (jan@bagend.atl.ga.us)
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>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Isley <jan@bagend.atl.ga.us> writes:
Jan> 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?
Jan> Define optimal. :) Optimal block sizes for dd to a floppy
Jan> would be the size of the track.
But for a ``quick start'' document, the KISS principle applies, so
John had the right idea: just leave bs options out!
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA
I looked out my apartment window, and I saw a bird wearing sneakers
and a button saying, "I ain't flying no where." I said, "What's your
problem buddy?" He said, "I'm sick of this stuff -- winter here,
summer there, winter here, summer there. I don't know who thought this
stuff up, but it certainly wasn't a bird." I said, "Well, I was just
making breakfast, come on in. Want some eggs? Sorry."
-- Steven Wright
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