From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 14:33:27 2009 Return-Path: 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 BF0651065754 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:33:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alekar2009@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f33.google.com (mail-gx0-f33.google.com [209.85.217.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74F0E8FC0C for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:33:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alekar2009@gmail.com) Received: by gxk14 with SMTP id 14so2955750gxk.19 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:33:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bzlMFrMNTdMzaKEvCpkRQ9+AyU0SVjFJBgMboAiDqDY=; b=DpxP3E2XN0Lvcr69Gh/bJEsLNfvWXgqsHeI/CCC3Bz5XWaJ4nPOOXxK12DCKUvdvv6 RyTQGlrPNySvXmM/OXfAWUaf8OIFlSc9G5MfosU6jtR7HPc2QsvuP5mvmgbshuTRNai+ voMZ6oFjXXIFA+R6Vaxl61U3D5VYWiXeJ81Bc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=t8ZoqNfEvP+RkxNaoxNpcKdNUWKWKUS88uaReGfaTJ97r4ZlBSnn1F5Mx0WbW7I1ke W+0bAIIVKh9VdmbIUf7/FakISMin07OH0yjhTJfe963zj/yAXChfyRXRN68MbWWk/yGH nL+aJP9nkNf+dp6dGcXBqBm2Mh3t+jsx4l77g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.152.17 with SMTP id z17mr1796442ybd.45.1232980406918; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:33:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <497D1201.6060503@telenix.org> References: <700ff07a0901251351t629b9606g260447b4cbaef00b@mail.gmail.com> <20090126001710.688b53eb@gluon> <497D1201.6060503@telenix.org> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:26 +0200 Message-ID: <700ff07a0901260633n2b09d056n64cf6b1def013f04@mail.gmail.com> From: Alex Karpovic To: Chuck Robey Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: hex editors, disk info X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:33:28 -0000 > That in mind, what's wrong with bpatch? I've used it for binary patching, it > works just fine that that (if my first assumption is totally off-base). You > download from the device, change any required data, and (if the device allows > writes) write it back to the device. Of course, not all devices allow writes. It's a bit uncomfortable. Just for example: I need to search some signatures, which could be anywhere in 640Gb disk, and make some changes around them. And I don't have spare 640+ Gb to copy whole disk to. And even if I would have enough space, it is painfully slow to move 640Gb twice just to make ten minutes editing.