Subject: Re: dd: "seek offsets cannot be larger than 2147483647"
To: John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@pgoyette.bdt.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/27/1996 16:07:37
On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, John F. Woods wrote:
> Is there any point in having dd retain this restriction? It does look like
> it will be some work to remove it, but it proved awfully inconvenient when
> I wanted to verify the exact size of a 2063GB disk drive I just bought...
^^^^^^
Wow! A two terra-byte disk drive! How much did it cost? :)