On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 07:42:35PM -0400, Tim Howe wrote: > Brooks Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > > Reproducibly, if I begin copying data to a [...] CF card [...] it > >> > > works for a while, then freezes the system. > [...] > > Sounds like you should file a PR about the issue. Are you sure the file > > system in question is OK? There were some msdosfs corruption bugs fixed > > recently. > > Taking your suggestion I zeroed out the CF card, then used fdisk and > newfs_msdos to get it in working order again. I've been testing it > over the past week and have had no problems since. > > Thanks for the pointer. Is it accepted for a corrupt filesystem to > freeze the system, though?
No, but that's what broken code often does. :( -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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