On 12/20/2012 06:48 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > This looks suspiciously like a software problem of some kind: > > I've got a file (a firmware update) I try to copy to an sdcard. > > Two different copies now have shown as corrupted at the start > of the final 16K boundary of the file data: > > zooty> cmp /zooty/public/S800CUpdate/firmware/firmware.bin > /tmp/tom/bad-linux-firmware/firmware.bin > /zooty/public/S800CUpdate/firmware/firmware.bin > /tmp/tom/bad-linux-firmware/firmware.bin differ: char 127041537, line 496168 > > zooty> cmp /zooty/public/S800CUpdate/firmware/firmware.bin > /tmp/tom/firmware/firmware.bin > /zooty/public/S800CUpdate/firmware/firmware.bin > /tmp/tom/firmware/firmware.bin differ: char 127041537, line 496168 > > That 127041537 value in hex is 0x7928001. > > Worst yet, if I use rsync rather than cp to copy the file, lo and behold the > contents turn up identical! > > Is the "cp" command busted? That would be insane.
Yes, it would be insane. It is much more likely to be a hardware problem. Try another large file copy to the sdcard and see if something similar happens. Then try a different sdcard. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury FAS: redwolfe (proventesters) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
