In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ian j hart writes: > I'm used to doing this > > #dd if=/dev/acd0c of=image > > [followed by vnconfig, mount, share using samba] > > This fails under 4.0-STABLE. The error message is Bad address. No data > is transfered. This is reprodusable on three machines. Also fails on > LS120, without error message. > > Am I doing something stupid. Don't answer that! Has anyone got a work > around/better method. Compressing the file would be nice :-) Try using the raw device. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message