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Subject: Re: kern/383
To: wollman@freefall.freebsd.org (Garrett Wollman)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:25:46 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mike Pritchard" <mpp@mpp.minn.net>
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In-Reply-To: <199602081659.IAA01134@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Garrett Wollman" at Feb 8, 96 08:59:56 am
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
> 
> Synopsis: dd to from /dev/mem panics the machine.
> 
> State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
> State-Changed-By: wollman
> State-Changed-When: Thu Feb 8 08:58:24 PST 1996
> State-Changed-Why: 
> It is an error to dd from random regions of /dev/mem.  All
> sorts of nasty things can happen.

Maybe.  FreeBSD is the only system I've used where I could crash
it by dd'ing from /dev/mem.  Plus this one only seems to panic
it if you are running from X-windows.
-- 
Mike Pritchard
mpp@minn.net
"Go that way.  Really fast.  If something gets in your way, turn"