Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:12:15 +0200 From: Vasil Dimov <vd@datamax.bg> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <underway@comcast.net> Cc: ron.joordens@indec.com.au Subject: Re: dd Message-ID: <20040324061215.GA22288@sinanica.lg2a.datamax> In-Reply-To: <gvisgv5vbm.sgv@mail.comcast.net> References: <20040323080801.GA18453@sinanica.lg2a.datamax> <gvisgv5vbm.sgv@mail.comcast.net>
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On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 09:26:05AM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > >> > >> Any thoughts? > > SOMETIMES no file system is the best file system. E.g., by putting > a raw file on a partition with "dd", "cat", or ">", maybe with the > raw file being a .pax, .tgz, or other archive file. Creative use > of "dd" options should permit multiple files per partition but I've > only ever used a single (archive) file. Oh, yes, ofcourse I love `dd' but Ron was asking about *filesystem*
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