Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 18:31:11 +0200 (CEST) From: beyssac@enst.fr To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/11821: /dev/fd0a hangs on large files, including panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs Message-ID: <19990521163111.30F56D226@bofh.enst.fr>
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>Number: 11821 >Category: kern >Synopsis: /dev/fd0a hangs on large files, including panic: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 21 09:40:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Pierre Beyssac >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: ENST >Environment: 4.0-CURRENT Boot messages : fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> at fdc0 drive 0 Kernel : controller isa0 controller pnp0 controller pci0 controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" irq 6 drq 2 disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 >Description: Writing a file bigger than 1440Kb (for example, boot.flp from 3.2-RELEASE) to a 1440Kb disk on /dev/fd0a hangs or panics the system. >How-To-Repeat: Generally hangs the system without a message: dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0a bs=38k On the other hand, dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0a nicely returns an error message, but panics (tried only once) if followed by: dd if=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0a bs=38k The panic is: vinvalbuf: dirty bufs >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: Pierre Beyssac To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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