Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:40:12 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Aaron Peterson <aaron@alpete.com> Cc: ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: bcwipe won't wipe a block device... Message-ID: <20040219204012.GA33771@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <29352.162.114.211.143.1077222503.squirrel@mail.alpete.com> References: <9615.162.114.211.143.1077213472.squirrel@mail.alpete.com> <20040219201520.GB44313@cicely12.cicely.de> <29352.162.114.211.143.1077222503.squirrel@mail.alpete.com>
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Aaron Peterson wrote: > > I understand how devfs works, and i don't think that is the problem, > although perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you mean. > > dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/da0 > dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/fd0 > > these devices and nodes all exist, and these dd commands do as expected > and take off writing random data to the raw device. However i get the > errors mentioned previously when i try to use bcwipe on the same drives. > I would like to find a way to make bcwipe work. any suggestions about > what is causing this problem? Use ktrace or truss to see if bcwipe is actually opening /dev/da0 or /dev/rda0 or /dev/da0c. -- Steve
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