On 2013-09-03 14:44, Tony Crisp wrote: [...]
} for example: } } hd /dev/sda | less } } hd is in the bsdmainutils main utils package in debian. [...]
Perhaps more useful is limiting the output from hexdump: mattcen@toto:tmp$ sudo hexdump -Cn $((2**8)) /dev/sda 00000000 33 c0 fa 8e d8 8e d0 bc 00 7c 89 e6 06 57 8e c0 |3........|...W..| 00000010 fb fc bf 00 06 b9 00 01 f3 a5 ea 1f 06 00 00 52 |...............R| 00000020 52 b4 41 bb aa 55 31 c9 30 f6 f9 cd 13 72 13 81 |R.A..U1.0....r..| 00000030 fb 55 aa 75 0d d1 e9 73 09 66 c7 06 8d 06 b4 42 |.U.u...s.f.....B| 00000040 eb 15 5a b4 08 cd 13 83 e1 3f 51 0f b6 c6 40 f7 |..Z......?Q...@.| 00000050 e1 52 50 66 31 c0 66 99 e8 66 00 e8 21 01 4d 69 |.RPf1.f..f..!.Mi| 00000060 73 73 69 6e 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6e 67 20 |ssing operating | 00000070 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 0d 0a 66 60 66 31 d2 bb 00 |system...f`f1...| 00000080 7c 66 52 66 50 06 53 6a 01 6a 10 89 e6 66 f7 36 ||fRfP.Sj.j...f.6| 00000090 f4 7b c0 e4 06 88 e1 88 c5 92 f6 36 f8 7b 88 c6 |.{.........6.{..| 000000a0 08 e1 41 b8 01 02 8a 16 fa 7b cd 13 8d 64 10 66 |..A......{...d.f| 000000b0 61 c3 e8 c4 ff be be 7d bf be 07 b9 20 00 f3 a5 |a......}.... ...| 000000c0 c3 66 60 89 e5 bb be 07 b9 04 00 31 c0 53 51 f6 |.f`........1.SQ.| 000000d0 07 80 74 03 40 89 de 83 c3 10 e2 f3 48 74 5b 79 |..t.@.......Ht[y| 000000e0 39 59 5b 8a 47 04 3c 0f 74 06 24 7f 3c 05 75 22 |9Y[.G.<.t.$.<.u"| 000000f0 66 8b 47 08 66 8b 56 14 66 01 d0 66 21 d2 75 03 |f.G.f.V.f..f!.u.| 00000100 Don't forget, also: mattcen@toto:tmp$ sudo file -s /dev/sda /dev/sda: sticky x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead 32, startsector 2048, 522240 sectors; partition 2: ID=0x83, starthead 162, startsector 524288, 487872512 sectors, code offset 0xc0 mattcen@toto:tmp$ sudo file -s /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: sticky x86 boot sector, code offset 0x58 -- Regards, Matthew Cengia