On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:42:57PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > You can only write full blocks to raw devices. The first file is > 84480/512 = 165 disk blocks on the dot. The second file is 164.8828125 > blocks, and that last fragment is why the dd is failing. Try adding > conv=osync to your dd line to tell it to pad the last block out.
This does do it (thanks!), but I had to remove the 'bs=8192' clause for it to work. Hence: dd of=/dev/fd0 if=memtest86-3.0/precomp.bin conv=osync Does indeed work. Thanks a bunch; I would have assumed that block-padding would not have been an issue... > > -- > Dan Nelson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
