Just on a hunch how much does it copy if you give it a BS=1GB?

This might be an uncaught 32 bit int on only the block size value.

{^_^}

On 2012/02/01 09:58, 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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