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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!philapd!apdnews!spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl!wilko From: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: dd from floppy causes vm fault in FreeBSD-1.0-GAMMA Keywords: panic trap vm_fault FreeBSD-1.0-GAMMA Message-ID: <wilko.748257951@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 17 Sep 93 09:25:51 GMT References: <2C992C39.17182@news.service.uci.edu> Sender: news@idca.tds.philips.nl Lines: 24 bob@beamlab writes: >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. >and reported a failure, then stuck tight. Just tried it, both on rfd0a and fd0a and no problem here (also on a 1542B). Only awkward thing is that dd reports "no space left on device" when it read past the end of the floppy disk. Wilko -- | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte mail: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation voice: +3155-432062 fax: +3155-432103 DTN: 829 2062 PO Box 245 - 7300 AE Apeldoorn - The Netherlands