Re: blocksize 4096 even for floppy and CDROM?

[JPT <j-p-t@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

seems that safecopy always assumes 4096, while ddrescue always assumes 512.
you have to specify the blocksize manually for both programs.

thanks

Jan


Am 23.02.22 um 05:00 schrieb Martin K. Petersen:
> 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.