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Date:      Tue, 04 Apr 2000 06:46:05 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        ian j hart <ianjhart@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk>
Cc:        "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: dd reading atapi cdrom 
Message-ID:  <200004041346.GAA63809@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Apr 2000 03:07:02 %2B0100." <38E559C6.7F5979D3@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> 

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In message <38E559C6.7F5979D3@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk>, ian j hart 
writes:
> I'm used to doing this
> 
> #dd if=/dev/acd0c of=image
> 
> [followed by vnconfig, mount, share using samba]
> 
> This fails under 4.0-STABLE. The error message is Bad address. No data
> is transfered. This is reprodusable on three machines. Also fails on
> LS120, without error message.
> 
> Am I doing something stupid. Don't answer that! Has anyone got a work
> around/better method. Compressing the file would be nice :-)

Try using the raw device.


Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
Province of BC





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