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  2. From: pechter@ocpt.ccur.com (Bill Pechter)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  4. Subject: Re: Can I use dd on my UNIX system instead of Rawrite?
  5. Message-ID: <1565@ocpt.ccur.com>
  6. Date: 13 Aug 92 20:44:56 GMT
  7. References: <1992Aug11.192753.8568@dg-rtp.dg.com> <1992Aug12.043754.21260@ennews.eas.asu.edu> <1992Aug12.053539.14825@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
  8. Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp.,Information Services
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  11. In article <1992Aug12.053539.14825@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace) writes:
  12. >>
  13. >don't forget you need to do dd bs=8192 if=Image of=/dev/PS0
  14. >
  15. >bs = bootsector and you need this for the kernel boot disk in order for
  16. >it to work.  I don't no what will happen if you don't use the 'bs'
  17. >option.
  18.  
  19.  
  20. I've always thought bs=block size of file structure your writing or the
  21. tape blocking factor which is 8k here.
  22.  
  23. At least that's what it is here, perhaps linux is different?
  24.  
  25. Curious...
  26. Bill
  27.  
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  30.         Bill Pechter, N2RDI           | The postman always pings twice.
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