Hi, I was mirroring some disks (happily ignoring badblocks), using rsh source_machine dd if=/dev/ad0 bs=1MB | dd of=/dev/ad0 bs=1MB with FreeBSD-4.3-release running both machines. This sometimes (disastrously) aborts when a partition boundary is crossed. Sure enough, dscheck() invoked from diskstrategy() complains about b_bcount not on a sector boundary (happens in one of three locations within dscheck). I think this condition should not be checked when dd'ing entire disks. Incidentally, I think the 2.2.6-release kernel does the right thing. On a related note, is there any reason why dd should abort after 8GB? I'm not sure this always happens, but I've definitely noticed it once. PS - please Cc any replies to me. Thanks. Sitaram To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
