163549 – hal 0.5.7.1-r3 causes dd to terminate early on dvd drive

Bug 163549 - hal 0.5.7.1-r3 causes dd to terminate early on dvd drive

Summary: hal 0.5.7.1-r3 causes dd to terminate early on dvd drive

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2007-01-24 05:10 UTC by Scott Atkins
Modified:	2007-01-24 05:16 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Scott Atkins 2007-01-24 05:10:58 UTC

I installed hal 0.5.7.1-r3 and used:

dd if=/dev/dvd of=my.iso bs=2048 

dd terminated with an IO error after about 10 seconds only copying about 6 megs.  Trying several dvds and cds I found that I could no longer make images (it would copy between 3 and 100 megs total.)  Reverted to 0.5.7-r3 and the problem went away.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install hal 0.5.7.1-r3
2. Use dd to copy a cd or dvd from your dvd drive
3. Go out and buy a new drive thinking your old one is busted only to find out that it's a software problem ;)

Actual Results:  
dd would only copy between 3 and 100 megs from a dvd drive.  This does not apply to hard drives.

Expected Results:  
dd should have created a full iso

Comment 1 Scott Atkins 2007-01-24 05:16:27 UTC

Used dd on the wrong drive.  Okay, looks like this isn't the problem.