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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 1998 08:50:30 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cpio copies - file corruption???
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.3.96.980421084819.18107B-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980420085324.039ab150@ccsales.com>

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On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Randy A. Katz wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have just noticed that some text (and binary) files are being corrupted
> when cpio copying.
>
> I have seen this on FreeBSD 2.1.0, 2.1.7, 2.2.5, and 2.2.6.
>
> I originally thought it was because I was copying through an NFS mount but
> then I tried to copy from one partition to the next on a 2.2.6 machine and
> got the same kind of results, various files having parts of other files and
> junk in them...

The last 2 times this happened to me it was due to:
    1.  bad memory.
    2.  bad drive (forcing an fsck would see heaps of errors even if
        the drive had been dismounted cleanly)

It's usually some h/w problem.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
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