Re: what is minor number for /dev/fd0u1440?

[Peter Cordes <peter@llama.nslug.ns.ca>]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 04:08:59AM -0000, Paul Dufresne wrote:
> I have just installed potato on a PowerMachintosh G3.
> 
> 
> 
> I have written big files on multifloppies with:
> 
> tar cvMf /dev/fd0 filename
> 
> on a Linux on x86 (fast internet) and can't installs them on
> 
> the G3 because it tries to read past the end of the disk
> 
> (2880 sector to 2889 get errors, and I need to reboot after that)

 You could work around this by using dd if=/dev/fd0 of=foobar count=2880
(The default bs=512.)

 Does look like a bug though.

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