From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Jan 26 00:17:15 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F3A9106566C
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:17:15 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk)
Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (brucec-1-pt.tunnel.tserv4.nyc4.ipv6.he.net
	[IPv6:2001:470:1f06:c09::2])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61FC48FC08
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:17:15 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk)
Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567BF1901D;
	Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:17:14 -0500 (EST)
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on muon
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS
	autolearn=ham version=3.2.5
Received: from gluon (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:240:f4ff:fe57:9871])
	(using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
	(No client certificate requested)
	by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA;
	Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:17:14 -0500 (EST)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:17:10 +0000
From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: Alex Karpovic <alekar2009@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20090126001710.688b53eb@gluon>
In-Reply-To: <700ff07a0901251351t629b9606g260447b4cbaef00b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <700ff07a0901251351t629b9606g260447b4cbaef00b@mail.gmail.com>
X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu)
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: hex editors, disk info
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
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: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:17:15 -0000

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:51:45 +0200
Alex Karpovic <alekar2009@gmail.com> wrote:

> I need a hex editor able to work directly with disks, preferably
> those, which can be started without X.
> I tried hexcurse, chexedit, bpatch - and it seems that they are unable
> to open /dev/something.

Have you tried /usr/bin/hd? It seems it doesn't have any problem opening
disk devices.

-- 
Bruce Cran