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Re: Raw devices work in latest snapshot? Need help prior to 1.3.4 release


Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 11:21:40AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
>>>>dd if=disk1.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k count=1440
>>>>dd: opening '/dev/fd0': Permission denied.
>>>>
>>>>This was as a normal user.  I then tried to write to the floppy in raw 
>>>>mode as Administrator. Also permission denied.
>>>>
>>>>This looks like a regression to me.  After replacing the dll with the 
>>>>one from 1.3.3-2, I could write to the floppy in raw mode.
>>>>
>>>>So, with the 20011001 snapshot, read in raw mode from floppy works, 
>>>>write does not.
>>>>
>>>Thanks for testing this.
>>>
>>>Could you send an strace of this behavior?
>>>
>>Nevermind, Chuck.  I've duplicated the behavior.
>>
> 
> I think I've fixed this.  It's in the most recent snapshot.
> 
> Could you verify this, Chuck?


I updated to "current" CVS last night around 1am EDT, and rebuilt 
cygwin.  After installing that, I saw the same behavior as before: raw 
read worked, raw write did not (Permission denied).  :-(

--Chuck



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