[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
