Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 10:01:09 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: swjatoslaw gerus <milstar2@eml.cc> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: system -invalid argument 1m #### dd if=FreeBSD-11-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M conv=sync Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612310958350.94586@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1483132051.752644.833300521.4E2EBB2A@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1483132051.752644.833300521.4E2EBB2A@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2016, swjatoslaw gerus wrote:
> this questions was answered before
>
> for linux not 1m ,but 1048576 without suffiks
Well, the suffix can be skipped, but it also works if you follow the
strict capitalization need by Linux dd ("1M", not "1m").
> that work file is sended to /dev/sdb1
Sure, that image can be written to a partition. But it will work from a
partition, because it is a whole disk image.
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