Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:10:46 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> Subject: Re: IDE DVD playback on 5.1-CURRENT Message-ID: <3F4F8916.8A3EB699@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0308270719400.10236-100000@thorn.ashke.com> <3F4DBD62.C8675452@mindspring.com> <20030828165031.GA91019@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:29:22AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > > 1) dd if=/dev/acd0 count=1 of=/dev/null > > 2) dd if=/dev/acd0c count=1 of=/dev/null > > 3) dd if=/dev/acd0a count=1 of=/dev/null > ^^^^ > bs=2k Yes, sorry; I forgot that FreeBSD's dd does not stat its endpoints to see if they are devices, and gets the st_blksize and insists that it be used (at least internally) for S_IFBLK and S_IFCHR values of st_mode. Perhaps it should be unbroken by someone with a commit bit and/or the ability to have their send-pr's not rejected as relay SPAM. 8-p. -- Terry
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