Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:18:31 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: 3.2 panic when dd-ing to floppy Message-ID: <19990920211831.A71307@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909201158420.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <19990920194725.A68736@sr.se> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909201158420.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 11:59:47AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
>
> > Today I got disappointed for the first time, after having used FreeBSD
> > since almost two years now. I was making disks for the upgrade:
> > dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0
> > I had forgot to open the write protection on the floppy, and 3.2-RELEASE
> > whent totally mad trying to push the floppy drive out of the computer,
> > and then panic'ing
> >
> > Should it be like this? ;-)
>
> You should be using the raw device (/dev/rfd0), these has been
> discussed several times.
But would that prevent the panicking?
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