Civileme....that's not what happens here. I have no Templates
folder (Air [7.0]) so I created a new folder (test) and put a
text file (text) into it. When I drag the new folder into the
window containing the dos root directory and choose to copy or
move I get an error message '! Could not make directory
/mnt/DOS_sda1/test'.
Alan
Civileme wrote:
>
> The situation is as follows
>
> Any system with linux-mandrake 6.0, 6.1 or 7.0 (Beta 5) And I
> don't know about AIR, with a mounted vfat partition accessible
> to the logged user in rw mode. AND it DOESN'T MATTER if you
> specify dotsOK=No or nodots in the mount or in /etc/fstab
>
> Try this
>
> 1. Open the mounted partition's directory in a kfm window.
>
> 2. Grab the Templates folder from your kde desktop (any
> non-empty folder will do but some won't copy because there are
> dotfiles in them {if you have nodots set}) and drag it to the
> mounted vfat open window. Select Move or Copy.
>
> 3. You will see a message window indicating the file
> activity.
>
> 4. Kfm will freeze partway through redisplaying the vfat
> partition window
>
> 5. Kfm will continue to freeze every time you try to open the
> window
>
> Go to windows or to a console and look at the folder you
> dragged. You will find a .directory file there
>
> System function will return to normal once you delete that
> .directory file
>
> Well, in converting to mandrake from windows here, we moved
> data files to the workgroup server, restructured the disk and
> moved the files back in just a few cases. Some users had a
> huge number of Claris works text files, *.cwk, which we had no
> filters for, and we left windows semi-functional (no network
> access but able to boot) so files could be converted to *.rtf
> as needed before being snared by StarOffice in linux. Every
> single move of folders to the windows partitions produced the
> freeze.
>
> Now those of you who are having freezes in AIR with DOS_sda1,
> DOS_hda1 may find a few settings that will get you in to put
> in fstab, but also check folders in the freezing partitions
> for the .directory files which may be causing the freeze. kfm
> starts taking up to 99.3% of processor time when this freeze
> happens, indicating it might be hung in a loop.
>
> Civileme
