Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 07:44:00 -0400 From: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dd issues Message-ID: <80f4f2b20605020444r6edc0598tbd36a86dff8cb0ef@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060502012645.GD81777@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <80f4f2b20605011644r87563a0r9141d4a62a28b98b@mail.gmail.com> <20060502000409.GZ81777@wantadilla.lemis.com> <80f4f2b20605011820w314d8852t231e65bfebf5f6e6@mail.gmail.com> <80f4f2b20605011821v5e6a51c2i458af940512cf42@mail.gmail.com> <20060502012645.GD81777@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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> That doesn't sound like a backup to me. dd isn't a backup program, > and CDs are not normally things you back up. A backup is just a copy of the data on a different media than the source (in this case, a hard drive). People back up CDs alll the time, in case they get scratched or damaged, and they don't want to have to deal with finding/obtaining replacements. In some cases, the replacements aren't even possible, such as if the distributing company went out of business. > Use the conv=3Dsync > operation to transfer the last incomplete block correctly. Ahh, that will be useful. Thank you.
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