Hello!
So if I understand correctly, dd could be adapted the same way (although this is a bit dangerous since the of/if-arguments can be files as well as devices), or as a nicer solution we'd need a sort of blockdev.xdd for raw access, which could then also be used for fsck and friends.
Yes, this would be much better. Regards, Frank -- ATARI FALCON 060 // MILAN 060 ----------------------------------------- http://www.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~fnaumann/ e-Mail: fnaumann@freemint.de