From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 15 13:22:36 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 13:22:34 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B935A37B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:22:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA60445; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:23:35 GMT (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20001215162446.01f14c60@mail.etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:25:58 -0500 To: void From: Dennis Subject: Re: cp and cpio using boot disk Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20001215164331.A17593@firedrake.org> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001214121201.01f82650@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20001214121201.01f82650@mail.etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 11:43 AM 12/15/2000, you wrote: >On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 12:13:16PM -0500, Dennis wrote: > > > > It seems that cp fails badly when used on a system booted by a boot floppy > > (such as the install floppy). cpio seems to work ok. > > > > What is the reason for this? > >What's the failure mode? binaries copied with cp from a mounted zip drive to a hard drive fail to work. When copied with cpio they are ok. We havent tracked the exact reason. Random bus faults and other sigerrors. Dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message