Re: [question] What happens when dd writes data to a missing device?

2020-10-11 Thread Douglas Gilbert
On 2020-10-11 3:46 p.m., Mikhail Gavrilov wrote: Hi folks! I have a question. What happens when dd writes data to a missing device? For example: # dd if=/home/mikhail/Downloads/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-Rawhide-20201010.n.0.iso of=/dev/adb Today I and wrongly entered /dev/adb instead

Re: [question] What happens when dd writes data to a missing device?

2020-10-11 Thread Al Viro
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:46:03AM +0500, Mikhail Gavrilov wrote: > Hi folks! > I have a question. > What happens when dd writes data to a missing device? > > For example: > # dd > if=/home/mikhail/Downloads/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-Rawhide-20201010.n.0.iso >

Re: [question] What happens when dd writes data to a missing device?

2020-10-11 Thread Sven-Haegar Koch
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, Mikhail Gavrilov wrote: > I have a question. > What happens when dd writes data to a missing device? > > For example: > # dd > if=/home/mikhail/Downloads/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-Rawhide-20201010.n.0.iso > of=/dev/adb > > Today I and wrong

[question] What happens when dd writes data to a missing device?

2020-10-11 Thread Mikhail Gavrilov
Hi folks! I have a question. What happens when dd writes data to a missing device? For example: # dd if=/home/mikhail/Downloads/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-Rawhide-20201010.n.0.iso of=/dev/adb Today I and wrongly entered /dev/adb instead of /dev/sdb, and what my surprise was when the data