Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 02:18:41 GMT From: Dan Fletcher <drfmail@swbell.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/67773: 5.x series - md5 on dev no longer works e.g. md5 /dev/ad2 Message-ID: <200406100218.i5A2IfNe034850@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200406100220.i5A2KK1j089720@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 67773 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 5.x series - md5 on dev no longer works e.g. md5 /dev/ad2 >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 10 02:20:20 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dan Fletcher >Release: 5.2.1 >Organization: Law Enforcement >Environment: >Description: I work computer forensics for a law enforcement agency. I use FreeBSD extensively. Tried to upgrade to 5.x series for the SATA support. However the md5 checksum no longer works on raw devices. I have tried it with 5.0 and 5.2.1, neither work. Worked fine with 4.x series. cksum of a raw device works fine, e.g. cksum /dev/ad2 >How-To-Repeat: Try to md5 checksum any raw device: md5 /dev/fd0 md5 /dev/ad2, etc. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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