[ale] MP3 player busted?

[Michael Hirsch]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Chris Fowler
<cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> I'm baffled
>
> $ dd if=/dev/sdd1 of=sdd1
> $ mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt
> $ cp /tmp/music.mp3 /mnt
> $ umount /mnt
> $ mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt
> $ mplayer /mnt/music.mp3 # works
> $ umount /mnt
> $ dd if=sdd1 of=/dev/sdd1
> $ mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt
> $ mplayer /mnt/music.mp3 # corrupt

Have you run md5sum on the files before and after?  Or tried copying
the files off the player?

Michael