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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: dd-ing 64K blocks
Message-ID: <2086@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Mon, 4-May-87 02:37:25 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  4 02:37:25 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 5-May-87 00:45:43 EDT
References: <1416@drivax.UUCP> <450@yabbie.oz>
Organization: Nebula Consultants in San Francisco
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Keywords: disk DOS tools utilities

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.
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