Re: Issue writing image to disk via dd

Mark writes:
So the problem only happens when overwriting the live system in either
Etch or Squeeze. Lenny works exactly as expected...

They all work as expected: unpredictably.

I could try upgrading the remote server from Etch to Lenny and then do
it...

And get unpredictable results. What problem are you trying to solve?
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