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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:50:01 +0200
From: Mikael Eklund <miek@q8.se>
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Subject: kern/14590: kernel panic writing to floppy
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>Number:         14590
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       kernel panic writing to floppy
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 29 07:00:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mikael Eklund
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
OK-Q8 AB
>Environment:

	AST Bravo MS5166, Pentium 166MHz, 64MB RAM, 2GB disk

>Description:

	Kernel panics when trying to write to a write-protected floppy.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Insert a write-protected floppy.
	Run the command: dd if=foo of=/dev/fd0 bs=512

>Fix:
	
	Use the correct (raw) device instead. :-)

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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