GrahamC writes: > dd bs=512 if=/dev/sdg of=/dev/null ____________________^^^
This is the raw device. > dd bs=512 if=/dev/sdh1 of=/dev/null ____________________^^^^ This is the first partition (or fs if unpartitioned) on that device. It obviously cannot be larger than the device unless there's some error, but it can certainly be smaller. > Those 8036139008 bytes do exactly match the first 8036139008 of > the 8036286464 read on the Linux system so it is definitely the > same device. It is quite common that a few sectors at the end of the device (or between partitions) aren't used to keep certain constraints on the layout of the device or the file system. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Q+, Q and microQ: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
