Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 09:15:17 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@freebsd.org> To: Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB fash devices and dd Message-ID: <20040505161516.GC10016@spiff.melthusia.org> In-Reply-To: <20040504115919.L35168-100000@x12.dk> References: <20040504115919.L35168-100000@x12.dk>
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--wq9mPyueHGvFACwf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:04:26PM +0200, Soeren Straarup wrote: >=20 > Hi >=20 > I was reading the vol_msdosfs thread and this is what i've seen IRL >=20 > When dd'ing from a usb dongle to a file and then remove the dongle during > this operation, then a kernel panic might ocour. I can't tell where the > chain breaks. All this has been taken place on a 5.1-R box. Only "might occur"? I would have thought it would panic 100%! The correct solution to this problem is "Don't do that" -gordon --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAmRMURu2t9DV9ZfsRAkByAKCeLmZgT/oSb/+SKgeR5vhujUF1AgCgnGWD o4hVTjDAKv9/MFJjyQSwrWc= =LD3i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wq9mPyueHGvFACwf--
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