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Note Stephens point of dd copying partial blocks - it's not always bs * count.

Drav Sloan
– Drav Sloan

2015-03-09 14:26:41 +00:00
Commented Mar 9, 2015 at 14:26
Note that on some unix systems you must read a multiple of the native block size; dd without bs=2048 or some multiple thereof would give an error when reading from a block device cdrom drive.

wurtel
– wurtel

2015-03-09 15:52:57 +00:00
Commented Mar 9, 2015 at 15:52

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