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Date:      Sun, 15 Feb 1998 12:45:52 -0600 (CST)
From:      Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@sparc.isl.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   bin/5755: dd drops block when of=/dev/rfd0a
Message-ID:  <199802151845.MAA01879@pyrl.eye>

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>Number:         5755
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       dd drops block when of=/dev/rfd0a
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 15 11:00:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Daniel Ortmann
>Organization:
N/A
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

no special env needed

>Description:

$ dd if=kernel of=/dev/rfd0a
dd: /dev/rfd0a: Invalid argument
2294+1 records in
2294+0 records out
1174528 bytes transferred in 45.534150 secs (25794 bytes/sec) ***

$ dd if=kernel of=kernel.sizetest
2294+1 records in
2294+1 records out
1174679 bytes transferred in 0.901669 secs (1302783 bytes/sec) ***

$ ll kernel*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  bin  1174679 Feb 15 12:31 kernel*
-rw-r--r--  1 root  bin  1174679 Feb 15 12:33 kernel.sizetest

Note the size difference between the lines marked with '***'.

>How-To-Repeat:

see above

>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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