Re: remark from dd

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2010-06-30 19:07 +0200, peasthope@shaw.ca wrote:

> Given
>     root@dalton:/home/peter# dd if=disk2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=36k
>     dd: writing `/dev/fd0': No space left on device
>     41+0 records in
>     40+0 records out
>     1474560 bytes (1.5 MB) copied, 40.9183 s, 36.0 kB/s
>     root@dalton:/home/peter# 
> can anyone explain the remark "No space left" and the difference 
> between records in and records out?

Seems very simple: your file is too big to fit on the floppy.  After
36 * 40 = 1440 records are written, the disk is full.

Sven