Re: dd bug

[Buciuman Adrian]

> > I've post a message some weeks ago about a possible dd bug.
>
> I assume that you're talking about this one?
>
> http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2003-08/msg00105.html

Yes , indeed .

>
> > What do you think about ? Is that indeed a bug ?
>
> It's not easy to say.  I can't easily reproduce the bug, since I don't
> have the faulty device that you have.

I have dozens of faulty diskettes , so I can snail- mail some to you.

I will also apreciate if someone else on this list will try with some faulty
disks ( floppy or maybe hard ) , and tell us their experiences .



 The exact details will vary from diskettes to diskettes , and will  depend
on the chosen  block size ,
however the general pattern will remain the same .


>
> Can you find out exactly in the source code where 'dd' is going wrong,
> and come up with a patch to fix it?
>


Sorry , this is  not possible , since I am not a programmer.

But I am now almost sure something is wrong in GNU dd , because I ' ve tried
the dd that comes with FreeBSD .
It worked well . The hardware was the same .  And I think  there is not much
room for differences between various implementations of dd


Thanks ,
Adrian Buciuman