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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
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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

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