Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:21:40 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Raw devices work in latest snapshot? Need feedback prior to 1.3.4 release Message-ID: <20011003112140.J28936@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20011003000916.A28775@redhat.com> <3BBAA8EC.3000706@ece.gatech.edu> <20011003110421.E28936@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011003110421.E28936@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.21i On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 11:04:21AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 01:58:04AM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote: >>Christopher Faylor wrote: >>>Is anyone willing to test out raw device support (tape, floppy) with the >>>current cygwin snapshot and report back on whether it works or not? >>> >>>Corinna is not currently available for this so I'd like to get some >>>verification that I haven't broken anything prior to releasing 1.3.4. >>> >>>If you don't know what I'm talking about then you can ignore this >>>message. I'd prefer to have someone test this who has previously been >>>using raw devices in version 1.3.3 so that it will be obvious if there >>>are regressions. >>> >>>Reports to cygwin@cygwin.com, please. >> >>CYGWIN_NT-5.0 KHELDAR 1.3.4(0.46/3/2) 2001-10-01 16:25 i686 unknown >> >>Floppy access. >> >>mount table: >> >>D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\desktop on /desktop type user >>(binmode) >>D:\Utils\localtexmf on /localtex type system (binmode) >>D:\Utils\MiKTeX on /tex type system (binmode) >>D:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) >>D:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) >>D:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) >>\\.\a: on /dev/fd0 type system (binmode) >>C: on /c type system (binmode) >>D: on /d type system (binmode) >> >>dd if=/dev/fd0 of=disk1.img bs=1k count=1440 >> >>works. I can take disk1.img to a linux box, mount it on a loop device, >>and everything is fine. I copied a few files into the mounted image, >>unmounted, and copied the modified disk1.img back to my cygwin box. >> >>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. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/