On 2010-06-30 19:07 +0200, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Given > r...@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 > r...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vd90o23v....@turtle.gmx.de