Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!koriel!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!seismo!esosun.css.gov!mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!beamlab!bob From: bob@beamlab () Subject: dd from floppy causes vm fault in FreeBSD-1.0-GAMMA Nntp-Posting-Host: beamlab.ps.uci.edu Message-ID: <2C992C39.17182@news.service.uci.edu> Summary: dd causes vm fault FreeBSD-1.0-GAMMA Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 Keywords: panic trap vm_fault FreeBSD-1.0-GAMMA Lines: 22 Date: 17 Sep 93 03:17:13 GMT Hello all, Is there a problem with the floppy drivers in FreeBSD? Trying to copy a DOS diskette using: dd if=/dev/fd1a of=./whatever with a disk in the drive got me a most amusing response. The machine reported some sort of virtual memory fault, tried to make a crash dump and reported a failure, then stuck tight. Floppy control is from a 1542b, which worked splendidly under 386bsd-0.1 thanks for reading bo