Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:44:57 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-mips@dino.sk> To: Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First RSPRO deployed ! Message-ID: <201011171144.58859.freebsd-mips@dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinh0LJhjt2VoBGN2fCbZf03KAM9TzROqirJnjeP@mail.gmail.com> References: <D74327E9-0A8A-4B46-B4DD-16D0FAF8E3BB@gmail.com> <201011170024.24641.freebsd-mips@dino.sk> <AANLkTinh0LJhjt2VoBGN2fCbZf03KAM9TzROqirJnjeP@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 17 November 2010 09:09:38 Monthadar Al Jaberi wrote: > > Is it possible to read/write flash from FreeBSD itself? When I add > > geom_redboot into kernel, I see /dev/redboot directory with flash parts, > > but I have no idea how to read them - dd if=/dev/redboot/<something> > > gives just an error and no data are read... Is some special tool > > necessary for that? I would like to make a backup copy of flash, just in > > case... > > Had same issue check: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2010-November/010023.html > > Without Adrian's patch, try dd ... bs=64k > with his (have not tried it yet) try dd ... bs=4k. > > Has to do with blocksize check the thread! ;) Sorry for the noise... I read about flash block size somewhere, just did not combine all pieces into a picture :( Thanks for reminder, it works with correct blocksize. Milan
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