From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Jun 27 03:45:08 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF73616A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:45:08 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net
	[203.16.214.203])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F7D443D1D
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:45:08 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net)
Received: from beta.home (ppp34-240.lns1.adl1.internode.on.net
	[150.101.34.240])i5R3j6HY028449;
	Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:15:07 +0930 (CST)
From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
Organization: at home
To: Dan Finn <dhrider@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:15:05 +0930
User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4
References: <89ceee704062312022da2887a@mail.gmail.com>
	<20040626012254.GA98588@math.uic.edu>
	<89ceee704062611583b2ffed2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <89ceee704062611583b2ffed2@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-Id: <200406271315.05991.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
Subject: Re: burncd is unable to fixate on Dell Inpiron 2650
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 03:45:08 -0000

On Sunday 27 June 2004 04:28, Dan Finn wrote:
> That did it.  Why is it neccisary to specify the block size?

Because the default block of 512 used by dd is not big enough to hold
a cd block.

Malcolm