X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:02:09 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: DD over Netcat Message-ID: <20080626200209.GA30196@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <18138826 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <003a01c8d7b6$eb6650f0$2708a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> <18140123 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <4863E00F DOT BAEA27D8 AT dessent DOT net> <18141717 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18141717.post@talk.nabble.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:39:20PM -0700, Jwelch wrote: >This is some good stuff, thanks for all the feedback, I really appreciate it. >The problem I have now is that every time I try to DD the drive, it freezes >on me. I have tried it 3 times and it freezes on the same number of bytes >every time. > >$ nc -l -p 7000 | dd of=/dev/sda > punt! >16+0 records in >16+0 records out >8192 bytes (8.2 kB) copied, 972.875 s, 0.0 kB/s > >Is there any way I can check for errors or any of you guys have an idea why >it would do this? Try varying the block size. Does that make a difference? i.e., bs=4096 cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/