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. -- Copyright 1987 John Gilmore; you may redistribute only if your recipients may. (This is an effort to bend Stargate to work with Usenet, not against it.) {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4,ucbvax}!hoptoad!gnu gnu@ingres.berkeley.edu