Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 05:42:23 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: current@freebsd.org, imb@scgt.oz.au, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: try this .. panic :-( Message-ID: <199605251942.FAA28584@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>i) insert write protected floppy >ii) dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0 bs=9k >iii) oops .. WP errors .. pulls floppy out of drive w/o hitting ^C first >iv) panic: page not present This has been reported before, but I couldn't duplicate it then or now in -current. Don't use block disk devices if you value your data. I/O errors aren't reported to the application. They are only logged. Perhaps they should be reported by close(). dd would still ignore them. It doesn't even bother to close the output file explicitly :-(. Bruce
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