port-hp300: dd's blocksize

Subject: dd's blocksize
To: None <port-hp300@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@conch.aa.msen.com>
List: port-hp300
Date: 12/18/1995 21:48:27

How important (and why) is the blocksize of 20 bytes to put SYS_INST on
tape?  I found I have a utility that will write to the tape the way I
need to, but will not write smaller than 512 byte blocks.

Vince.

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