261 2002-01-21 11:59 0000 Kernel 2.4.18-pre3 locks hard on "dd if=file of=/dev/fd0" 2003-02-04 19:42:18 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Core system unspecified x86 Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 critical --- 1 busterb@mail.utexas.edu mjc@gentoo.org busterb@mail.utexas.edu 2002-01-21 11:59:19 0000 When writing a floppy image, I noticed this. Since I was not using XFS, I continued using this kernel. Behavior is not present in 2.4.16/17 kernels. busterb@mail.utexas.edu 2002-01-23 19:23:01 0000 The lock does not occur with a stock 2.4.18-pre6 kernel. blocke@shivan.org 2002-01-26 14:59:26 0000 I'd mark this as WONTFIX because 2.4.18-pre3+mjc3 is known to corrupt XFS filesystems, etc and is thus masked out. Drobbins indicated that he will work on new ebuilds with a different patch set so I'd say 2.4.18-pre3 shouldn't be used :) I'd recommend reverting back to linux-sources-2.4.17-r1.