On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:11:11 +0100, Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to ask which sizes are comfortable to use for reading > from different media using the dd utility. As far as I know, > these are good values: > > Format Device (example) bs= > ------------- --------------------- ---- > Data CD /dev/acd0 2048 > Music CD /dev/acd0t01 2352 > DVD /dev/acd0 2048 (?) > Hard disk /dev/ad0s1g 1m (?)
AFAICT these are fine. > What about copying partition-wise from a hard disk to a dd file? > Which bs= parameter would be encouraged to use? Presumably the destination file will also be on hard disk (or USB flash, or SSD). It may be ok to use 1m then :) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
