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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 1995 14:24:51 +0800 (CST)
From:      Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quantum hardware errors (Deferred Error: HARDWARE FAILURE asc:87,0)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.950606142400.3207L-100000@leo>
In-Reply-To: <199506060532.PAA26953@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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On Tue, 6 Jun 1995, Bruce Evans wrote:
> 
> Certain methods of copying files (such as tar) silently lose the high
> bits in the minor number :-(.  cp -pR, dump/restore and `cpio -H newc'
> are known to work.

    I thought the installer created device files on the fly rather
than extracting them from the bin tarball?
-- 
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org




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