Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:54:21 -0400 From: Tom Savitsky <tjs17@cornell.edu> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3.2 panic when dd-ing to floppy Message-ID: <37E6C92D.4A1BA603@cornell.edu> References: <21320.937855474@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > But would that prevent the panicking? > > No. This is what happens for me (3.3S) with a write-protected disk in the drive: ~>dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0 dd: /dev/rfd0: Input/output error 1+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 1.114227 secs (0 bytes/sec) ~> No problems ~>dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 Kernel panics Also, a few of the tutorial sites seem misinformed about the use of /dev/rfd0, a For an example, see the FreeBSD Diary's 23 Apr entry. Tom Savitsky To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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