Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 06:00:36 -0700 (PDT) From: sh@diploma.ru To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/11911: 3.1-R : writing file larger than floppy size to /dev/fd0 with dd causes system lock Message-ID: <19990528130036.16555152BD@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 11911 >Category: kern >Synopsis: 3.1-R : writing file larger than floppy size to /dev/fd0 with dd causes system lock >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 28 06:10:01 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sergey Hlupnov >Release: 3.1-RELEASE >Organization: UNI >Environment: FreeBSD anna.uniinc.msk.ru 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #1: Wed May 5 15:55:06 GMT 1999 sh@anna.uniinc.msk.ru:/usr/src/sys/compile/ANNAconfig i386 >Description: tar -czvf - * | dd bs=512k of=/dev/fd0 if=/dev/stdin If result file size of tar is larger then a floppy, system locks. User processes are locked. I can switch between local consoles though. >How-To-Repeat: 1. Put some files into /dir. Total size should be ~ 1.6 mb. 2. tar -cf - /dir | dd bs=512k of=/dev/fd0 if=/dev/stdin Enjoy >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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