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Re: newbie DD problem
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: newbie DD problem |
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26 Apr 2003 23:42:22 -0700 |
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"Ed Neidhardt" <address@hidden> writes:
> dd: writing `/dev/nst0': Invalid argument
>
> 0+221 records in
>
> 0+220 records out
>
> The command was dd if=flexman597.pdf of=/dev/nst0 bs=32k.
Most likely your tape drive is finicky about partial writes. If you
don't mind appending trailing zeros, you can use something like
"dd ibs=32k obs=32k conv=sync if=flexman597.pdf of=/dev/nst0".
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