Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 16:48:43 -0700 (PDT) From: tempest@ecst.csuchico.edu To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/12367: Writing files larger than floppy capacity with tar reboots machine Message-ID: <19990623234843.130CD14EC0@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 12367
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: Writing files larger than floppy capacity with tar reboots machine
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 23 16:50:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ken Lui
>Release: 3.2 release
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD black 3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #11: Tue Jun 1 21:04:12 PDT 1999
root@black.tmpest1.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/BLACK i386
AMDK6-2, 64MB, ALi chipset
>Description:
Using tar, 1.11.2, to attempt to write multi-volume files to floppies
result in a freeze followed by a reboot. No logs appear in log message
logfile.
>How-To-Repeat:
su
<insert floppy>
<format, disklabel, newfs if necessary>
<select file > 1.44MB>
tar cvMf /dev/fd0 file
<machine will wedge and reboot after tar runs "out of room."
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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