Hi Andrey,
Why would you want a block size in GB? I don't know what the
actual limit for dd itself is, although it does seem to be exactly 2GiB.
regards,
Stephen.
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012, Andrey Y. Shevel wrote:
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> thank you for your reply.
>
> ======
> [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -qa --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{ARCH}\n" |
> grep coreutils
> policycoreutils-1.33.12.x86_64
> policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12.x86_64
> coreutils-5.97.x86_64
> policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12.x86_64
> =====
>
> And obviously
>
> ================
> [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# arch
> x86_64
> ===============
>
>
> The result is prety same as I shown earlier.
>
> And the same I see at CERN
>
> =======================
> [lxplus427] /afs/cern.ch/user/s/shevel > dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/testx64
> bs=3GB count=1
> 0+1 records in
> 0+1 records out
> 2147479552 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 5.91242 seconds, 363 MB/s
> [lxplus427] /afs/cern.ch/user/s/shevel > rpm -q --file /bin/dd
> coreutils-5.97-34.el5
> [lxplus427] /afs/cern.ch/user/s/shevel > rpm -qa --queryformat
> "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{ARCH}\n" | grep coreutil
> policycoreutils-1.33.12.x86_64
> coreutils-5.97.x86_64
> policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12.x86_64
> ===========================
>
>
>
>
>
> As far as I understand the main question is "is there 64 bit dd version which
> can operate more then 2GB value for BS in SL anyway?"
>
> Any answer (yes or no) is good to know.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Andrey
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 19:10:14 +0100 (CET)
>> From: Stephen J. Gowdy <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Andrey Y. Shevel <[log in to unmask]>
>> Cc: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: coreutils for 64 bit
>>
>> Exactly.... if you type "man rpm" it will show you how you get it to print
>> the arch string (usually i686 or x86_64). Since you seem unabel to read a
>> man page what you want to type is;
>>
>> rpm -qa --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{ARCH}\n" | grep coreutils
>>
>> (or miss out the VERSION if you want to see somethign similar to yum)
>>
>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Andrey Y. Shevel wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>
>>> thanks for the reply.
>>>
>>> I am not sure that I do understand you (sorry for my stupidity).
>>>
>>> I have
>>> =======================================
>>> [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# yum list | grep coreutil
>>> Failed to set locale, defaulting to C
>>> coreutils.x86_64 5.97-34.el5 installed
>>> policycoreutils.x86_64 1.33.12-14.8.el5 installed
>>> policycoreutils-gui.x86_64 1.33.12-14.8.el5 installed
>>> policycoreutils-newrole.x86_64 1.33.12-14.8.el5 installed
>>> [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -q --file /bin/dd
>>> coreutils-5.97-34.el5
>>> =============================================
>>>
>>> Presumably all packages are appropriate (they have suffix x86_64) as
>>> shown
>>> by yum.
>>>
>>> At the same time rpm does show packages without above suffixes
>>>
>>> =========================
>>> [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -qa | grep coreutil
>>> policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>> policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>> coreutils-5.97-34.el5
>>> policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>> =========================
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
>>>
>>> > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:32:40 +0100 (CET)
>>> > From: Stephen J. Gowdy <[log in to unmask]>
>>> > To: Andrey Y Shevel <[log in to unmask]>
>>> > Cc: [log in to unmask]
>>> > Subject: Re: coreutils for 64 bit
>>> > > It says it only copied 2.1GB. You are runnig a 64bit OS. You
>>> reinstalld > the same coreutils package. You need to change the format of
>>> the package > names from "rpm -qa" if you want to see the architecture
>>> ("man rpm" > should help you figure out how).
>>> > > On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Andrey Y Shevel wrote:
>>> > > > Hi,
>>> > > > > I just paid attention that utility 'dd' uses just 2 GB even I
>>> use > > greater
>>> > > block size (BS). For example
>>> > > > > =====
>>> > > [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/sdb/TestFile-S1 bs=12GB
>>> > > count=1
>>> > > 0+1 records in
>>> > > 0+1 records out
>>> > > 2147479552 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 15.8235 seconds, 136 MB/s
>>> > > ============
>>> > > > > BTW,
>>> > > > > [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# uname -a
>>> > > Linux pcfarm-10.pnpi.spb.ru 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Jan 10
>>> > > 16:41:16 EST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>> > > [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# cat /etc/issue
>>> > > Scientific Linux SL release 5.7 (Boron)
>>> > > Kernel \r on an \m
>>> > > > > > > > > > > I decided to reinstall coreutils:
>>> > > > > [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# yum reinstall coreutils.x86_64
>>> > > Failed to set locale, defaulting to C
>>> > > Loaded plugins: kernel-module
>>> > > Setting up Reinstall Process
>>> > > Resolving Dependencies
>>> > > --> Running transaction check
>>> > > ---> Package coreutils.x86_64 0:5.97-34.el5 set to be updated
>>> > > --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>> > > Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
>>> > > Finished Kernel Module Plugin
>>> > > > > Dependencies Resolved
>>> > > > >
>>> ===========================================================================================
>>> > > Package Arch Version
>>> > > Repository
>>> > > Size
>>> > >
>>> ===========================================================================================
>>> > > Reinstalling:
>>> > > coreutils x86_64 5.97-34.el5 > > sl-base
>>> > > 3.6 M
>>> > > > > Transaction Summary
>>> > >
>>> ===========================================================================================
>>> > > Remove 0 Package(s)
>>> > > Reinstall 1 Package(s)
>>> > > Downgrade 0 Package(s)
>>> > > > > Total download size: 3.6 M
>>> > > Is this ok [y/N]: y
>>> > > Downloading Packages:
>>> > > coreutils-5.97-34.el5.x86_64.rpm
>>> | > > 3.6
>>> > > MB
>>> > > 00:05
>>> > > Running rpm_check_debug
>>> > > Running Transaction Test
>>> > > Finished Transaction Test
>>> > > Transaction Test Succeeded
>>> > > Running Transaction
>>> > > Installing : coreutils
>>> > > 1/1
>>> > > > > Installed:
>>> > > coreutils.x86_64 0:5.97-34.el5
>>> > > > > > > Complete!
>>> > > =========================
>>> > > > > However after that I see
>>> > > > > > > [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# ls -l /bin/dd
>>> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41464 Jul 26 2011 /bin/dd
>>> > > [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -q --file /bin/dd
>>> > > coreutils-5.97-34.el5
>>> > > > > > > [root@pcfarm-10 ~]# rpm -qa | grep coreutils
>>> > > policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>> > > policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>> > > coreutils-5.97-34.el5
>>> > > policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12-14.8.el5
>>> > > > > > > i.e. no package with name coreutils.x86_64
>>> > > > > I failed to find anything on the topic in scientific linux
>>> mailing > > list.
>>> > > > > Does somebody know about dd for 64 bit ?
>>> > > > > Many thanks in advance,
>>> > > > > Andrey
>>> > > > >
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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