bug#1068: [BusyBox] bug#1068: dd if=X of=Z where Z is read-only fails mysteriously and incoherently

Glenn McGrath bug1 at optushome.com.au
Wed Oct 25 00:43:39 UTC 2000


David Douthitt wrote:
> 
> Package: busybox
> Version: 0.47
> 
> I did the following sequence:
> 
> red # dd if=/dev/fd0u1680 of=/tmp/boot.ima
> 3360+0 records in
> 3360+0 records out
> red # dd of=/dev/fd0u1680 if=/tmp/boot.ima
> dd: /dev/fd0u1680red #
> 
> No messages, no nothing!  With the full dd from Debian 2.1, it goes
> like this:
> 
> red # ./dd if=/tmp/boot.ima of=/dev/fd0u1680
> ./dd: /dev/fd0u1680: Read-only file system
> red #
> 
> This needs a fix..........
> 

Ok, this must be my fault, i will look at it today.

Glenn






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