From: nowhere@nevernet.at   
      
   On 28/10/2021 21:36, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   [about byte read from block devices...]   
   > All doable?   
      
   only if "your" BIOS can read parts of a block, this means it must be   
   able to dummy read heads and tails because the hardware can only read   
   whole sectors (whole frames for CD/DVD).   
      
   partial writes need a sector sized buffer and read-modify-write.   
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   wolfgang   
      
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