On 26 Feb 2012, at 05:06, Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdl...@ovitrap.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Sunday 26 February 2012 00:55:46 Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> I thought he was creating a "monolithic" device...what was called >> "dangerously dedicated". No slices at all. Not only are DD volumes > > yes, I remember this term. And Windows machines get confused but they do not > damage the media. > >> mountable, they are bootable. It's been years since I created a DD >> disk as the slight space savings are irrelevant on modern hundreds of >> gigabyte disks, so I may have forgotten how it works. It might still >> make sense on a small thumb drive, bootable or not. > > Never break a winning team. The script doing the job works since a long time. > This is the simple reason behind. > Ok so since nobody mentioned it, does the problem happen for ALL your media handled in the same fashion, or just the one drive ? What I'm saying is don't blame the software so readily when it might be hardware. Get a SMART report on your disk. Also try with another media._______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
