lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2022]   [Feb]   [22]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
SubjectRe: blocksize 4096 even for floppy and CDROM?
From
[adding the linux-block mailing list]


On 2/22/22 12:08, JPT wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sorry for bothering. I fear I need help by a block device pro ;)
>
> I try to read several bad floppies and DVDs using safecopy.
>
> I wonder why safecopy always says
> Reported hw blocksize: 4096
> Reported low level blocksize: 4096
>
> even if the medium is floppy (512) or CDROM (2048)
>
> is this a kernel issue always assuming min 4k block size?
>
> Does anybody have an idea if there is a Unix out there that doesn't have
> this limitation?
>
> or which Linux version dropped support for smaller sectors?
>
> Or is this simply safecopy's fault?
>
>
> thank you very much for your help.
>
> Jan

--
~Randy

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2022-02-23 00:25    [W:0.052 / U:0.028 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site