dd on Familiar 0.8.4 doesn't accept "1K" as a value for "bs" option

Hello,

I'm trying to install Familiar onto my iPAQ H2210 using the guide
(http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH2200LAB).

I use Familiar 0.8.4 on a SD card to dump the backed up
PocketPC/Bootloader from CF to the SD card because I don't have a CF
reader in my laptop.

Backing up PocketPC and the second bootloader to a CF using d2s (minicom
over USB craddly) was no problem. Dumping PocketPC to a file using dd
(on my iPAQ) either.

The problem occured when trying to dump the second bootloader from the
CF to a file using "dd if=/dev/hda of=2ndstage.rescue bs=1K count=1280".
This returned "dd: Invalid number '1K'".

So I checked the manual and it states that you can use a number followed
by K, so I don't get it why it returns an error.

I suppose that 1K equals 1024, so I used the following command instead:
"dd if=/dev/hda of=2ndstage.rescue bs=1024 count=1280".

I hope this has the same result... Can anyone confirm this, please?

Kind regards,
Niels R.
Received on Sat Feb 17 2007 - 13:02:52 EST