[comp.os.minix] dd-ing 64K blocks

gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) (05/04/87)

In article <450@yabbie.oz>, rcodi@yabbie.oz (Ian Donaldson) writes:
> If you want it to go faster you can put a "bs=64k" on the "dd" command,
> if 64k dma is possible (or simulated).

Aren't you forgetting something?  Probably "dd" wants to have a few
variables, or a stack or something, in its address space.  Minix only
supports 64K of program and 64K of data, so dd-ing 64K blocks is out,
even if the hardware and/or drivers supported it.
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