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Subject: RE: [cygwin] Re: DD bug fails to wipe last 48 sectors of a disk
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:32:50 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Soderquist
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 11:55 AM
> Subject: [cygwin] Re: DD bug fails to wipe last 48 sectors of a disk
> 
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:45 AM Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin wrote:
> >
> > Was this ever resolved? I could have sworn I saw some discussion about
> > this but I can't find it in the archives.
> 
> I still have the thread in my local email; a couple viable work
> arounds were provided, but the issue's root cause is on the Windows
> side, so I believe the only real route to a true fix would be via
> Microsoft altering their code.

When accessing with proper (aligned) block size and count I do not encounter the problem - happy to test again.

> 
> > It might also affect ddrescue, I feel.
> 
> I believe you are accurate in this feeling.



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