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Re: head -c 32 /dev/socksys caused panic?
From: alan () LXORGUK UKUU ORG UK (Alan Cox)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 04:11:34 +0000
I was experimenting with different sources of random data when I ran the following command "head -c 32 /dev/socksys" only to find my system go into a complete panic, crash, and reboot. I should note that I was logged in as an ordinary user, and the system is Slackware 2.0.34. Has anyone else heard of something like this?
Its not directly a Linux bug, but it does seem to a bug in the iBCS2 package some vendors ship for SCO emulation etc. And yes with iBCS2 loaded I can duplicate your report
Current thread:
- head -c 32 /dev/socksys caused panic? A Fortunate K-9 (Nov 02)
- Re: head -c 32 /dev/socksys caused panic? Alan Cox (Nov 03)
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- Re: head -c 32 /dev/socksys caused panic? Brandon S. Allbery (Nov 03)