USB fash devices and dd

[Gordon Tetlow]

On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:04:26PM +0200, Soeren Straarup wrote:
> 
> 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.

Only "might occur"? I would have thought it would panic 100%! The correct
solution to this problem is "Don't do that"

-gordon
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