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

On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 06:56:26PM +0100, l:x wrote:
> 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?

dd is part of busybox. A suite of Unix utilities designed for size more
then complete functionality. I am pretty sure that the dd in busybox was
not compiled for the use of unit abbreviations.

Sorry for the inconvenience. It is sometimes difficult to fit all of the
utilities onto a distribution for handhelds.

E

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