From owner-freebsd-current Sat Aug 28 1:40:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3163014DA7; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:40:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from green@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id BAA30780; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:39:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from green@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: green owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:39:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" To: Adam Wight Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make buildworld failed... In-Reply-To: <199908272342.QAA15816@holonet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Adam Wight wrote: > > > dd if=/dev/zero of=boot2.ldr bs=512 count=1 2>/dev/null > > > *** Error code 1 > > > Probably it consequences of recent dd changes... Sorry about that! Instead of relying on the kernel being newer than the world and haveing the new ioctl FIODTYPE, dd now only warns if the ioctl doesn't work. > > So I'm not entirely alone, then. I actually kernel panic quite reliably every > time I try to dd onto a floppy. I can dd from one file to another without > a problem, and floppy access in general works as always. > > What debugging information would be relevant? That sounds like it could have just been fixed by phk. If it's not that and is the writing past the end of a block device issue, use the character device instead. > > -adam > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman / "Any sufficiently advanced bug is \ green@FreeBSD.org | indistinguishable from a feature." | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! \ -- Rich Kulawiec / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message