From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com ([204.127.202.62]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 178mXS-00048F-00 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 14:33:17 -0400 Received: from h0040f4322028.ne.client2.attbi.com ([24.62.38.156]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020517183241.HVZN17203.sccrmhc02.attbi.com@h0040f4322028.ne.client2.attbi.com> for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 18:32:41 +0000 Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 14:32:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Gueths X-X-Sender: igueths@igueths To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: interesting experiment. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Shaun. It seems that some of the sectors are write protected. I'd really like to know how they control the disk writing process, because this would give us some good insite on how they generate keys. Gates go to hell, your OS is waiting for you there! On Fri, 17 May 2002, Shaun Oliver wrote: > hi. > I just tryed to use dd to see if in fact it would copy my jfw > authorization disk and, as expected, it wouldn't. > here's my output from dd to aid some poor unfortunate that still may want > to persue this activity. > captain-nemo@borg:~$ dd if=/dev/fd0 of=auth.img > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2870 > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2874 > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2876 > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2878 > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2870 > dd: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > 2864+0 records in > 2864+0 records out > captain-nemo@borg:~$ > hth > Shaun. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >