Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 23:07:19 -0500 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: short read from CD-RW Message-ID: <20040210040719.GA68446@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <200402092347.i19NlTRV000718@mist.nodomain> References: <200402092347.i19NlTRV000718@mist.nodomain>
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On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 03:47:29PM -0800, Dan Strick wrote: > I just wrote an iso image to a virgin CD-RW with the following command: > ... > which is consistent with the iso image file size = 672792576 bytes = > 657024 KB = 328512 2KB records. When I read the data back in from > the CD with this command: > > dd if=/dev/acd0c of=xxx bs=2k > > the dd program says: > > dd: /dev/acd0c: Input/output error > 328510+0 records in > 328510+0 records out > 672788480 bytes transferred in 252.669511 secs (2662721 bytes/sec) Was the blank 700MB, or 650? Various people have had trouble writing the 5.2.1 cd to the latter, or at least were worried about it. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.
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