USB fash devices and dd

Soeren Straarup xride at x12.dk
Tue May 4 03:04:32 PDT 2004


Hi

I was reading the vol_msdosfs thread and this is what i've seen IRL

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.

Best regards Søren

Soeren Straarup   | aka OZ2DAK aka Xride
FreeBSD wannabe   | FreeBSD since 2.2.6-R
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