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Date:      Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:26 +0200
From:      Alex Karpovic <alekar2009@gmail.com>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: hex editors, disk info
Message-ID:  <700ff07a0901260633n2b09d056n64cf6b1def013f04@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <497D1201.6060503@telenix.org>
References:  <700ff07a0901251351t629b9606g260447b4cbaef00b@mail.gmail.com> <20090126001710.688b53eb@gluon> <497D1201.6060503@telenix.org>

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> That in mind, what's wrong with bpatch?  I've used it for binary patching, it
> works just fine that that (if my first assumption is totally off-base).  You
> download from the device, change any required data, and (if the device allows
> writes) write it back to the device.  Of course, not all devices allow writes.

It's a bit uncomfortable. Just for example: I need to search some
signatures, which could be anywhere in 640Gb disk, and make some
changes around them. And I don't have spare 640+ Gb to copy whole disk
to. And even if I would have enough space, it is painfully slow to
move 640Gb twice just to make ten minutes editing.



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