From: "Jason Pyeron" <jpyeron@pdinc.us>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: [cygwin] Re: DD bug fails to wipe last 48 sectors of a disk
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:32:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <00e301d68ab4$b0ea4da0$12bee8e0$@pdinc.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACoZoo1cwtVvGsk-WL9utaWWRXSDuHOs8aeiY5_gq-g7Ez9Ucg@mail.gmail.com>
> -----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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-14 16:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-14 15:44 Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
2020-09-14 15:55 ` Erik Soderquist
2020-09-14 16:32 ` Jason Pyeron [this message]
2020-09-14 16:34 ` [cygwin] " Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
2020-09-14 17:09 ` Jason Pyeron
2020-09-14 17:58 ` Thomas Wolff
2020-09-16 8:19 ` Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
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