In the last episode (Dec 12), Dru said:
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > In the last episode (Dec 11), Matthew Seaman said:
> > > Remember that dd(1) traverses the block device sequentially, but
> > > that most FS accesses are random, so any particular change can
> > > span either side
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Dec 11), Matthew Seaman said:
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 02:54:12PM -0500, Dru wrote:
> > > Can anyone describe or point me to resources explaining why it is
> > > dangerous to dd a filesystem while it is mounted? Is it still
> > > c
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From: "Dru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Can anyone describe or point me to resources explaining why it is
> dangerous to dd a filesystem while it is mounted? Is it still
considered
> to be dangerous if the system is first dropped d
In the last episode (Dec 11), Matthew Seaman said:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 02:54:12PM -0500, Dru wrote:
> > Can anyone describe or point me to resources explaining why it is
> > dangerous to dd a filesystem while it is mounted? Is it still
> > considered to be dangerous if the system is first dro
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 02:54:12PM -0500, Dru wrote:
> Can anyone describe or point me to resources explaining why it is
> dangerous to dd a filesystem while it is mounted? Is it still considered
> to be dangerous if the system is first dropped down to single-user mode?
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Can anyone describe or point me to resources explaining why it is
dangerous to dd a filesystem while it is mounted? Is it still considered
to be dangerous if the system is first dropped down to single-user mode?
Dru
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