From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Apr 4 6:47:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D85837B801 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 06:47:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id GAA12698; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 06:47:44 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda12696; Tue Apr 4 06:47:41 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id GAA73652; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 06:47:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdi73650; Tue Apr 4 06:46:47 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id GAA63809; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 06:46:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200004041346.GAA63809@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpda63803; Tue Apr 4 06:46:05 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: ian j hart Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: dd reading atapi cdrom In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Apr 2000 03:07:02 +0100." <38E559C6.7F5979D3@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 06:46:05 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <38E559C6.7F5979D3@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk>, ian j hart writes: > I'm used to doing this > > #dd if=/dev/acd0c of=image > > [followed by vnconfig, mount, share using samba] > > This fails under 4.0-STABLE. The error message is Bad address. No data > is transfered. This is reprodusable on three machines. Also fails on > LS120, without error message. > > Am I doing something stupid. Don't answer that! Has anyone got a work > around/better method. Compressing the file would be nice :-) Try using the raw device. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message