Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:16:54 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 253874] dd bs= arg variants Message-ID: <bug-253874-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253874 Bug ID: 253874 Summary: dd bs= arg variants Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: Website Assignee: doc@FreeBSD.org Reporter: bruce.lilly@gmail.com https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-pre Specifically, section 2.3.1.1. There is considerable verbiage about syntax variations and "1m" vs. "1M". As the unit for bs is bytes, it would be simpler to specify bs=1048576, which will work with all dd variants. As an aside, it could be pointed out that 1048576 is 1 mebibyte, i.e. 1024 * 1024 bytes (optionally referencing SI prefixes https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures/metric-si-prefixes and IEC binary power prefixes https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-330/sp-330-section-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60027 ). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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