>Number:         13749
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       Incorrect options specified for dd(1) in tape installs
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 18 19:27:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Don Yuniskis
>Release:        NetBSD 1.5.1
>Organization:
Don Yuniskis
>Environment:
System: NetBSD Some.Particular.Machine 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (GENERIC) #56: Mon
Jul 2 15:54:23 CEST 2001
he@nsa.uninett.no:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
>Description:
The INSTALL notes for several (e.g., i386 and SPARC) platforms
    show examples of the procedure for moving files (tarballs as
    well as the install utilities) to tape using dd(1).  However,
    many (most?) of these examples fail to add "conv=sync" to the
    dd(1) command line.  Since it would just be coincidence for
    a particular file to be an exact multiple of the block size,
    I suspect this would be prudent.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the INSTALL notes for references to dd(1) in the
context
    of tape devices.
>Fix:
Append "conv=sync" to all dd(1) commands for tape devices.
    (Is there a potential down-side to this?)


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