Randy, >> 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? Not sure how safecopy queries the block size. The kernel supports devices with 512, 1024, 2048, and 4096-byte logical blocks. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering