Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 22:04:36 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Richard Smith <richard@jezebel.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should a corrupt floppy disk cause a panic? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.981105220239.10837A-100000@sv01.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <36416ACE.44FE439B@jezebel.demon.co.uk>
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If you have patches that fix the problem they might be accepted. On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Richard Smith wrote: > [this question was originally posted to -questions] > > This is question on policy. > > The msdosfs will panic and the system will die if you mount a > floppy with a corrupt format. I have an image of such a floppy > and I can crash my system every time. > > The error message is: > > panic: isa_dmacheck: no physical page present > syncing disks... panic: msdosfs_lock: locking against myself > ...and the system reboots. > > I am using 2.2.7R and have tested it on three separate systems. > > The man page for mount effectively says "live with it". > > So is this a bug or a feature? > _______________________________________________________________________ > Richard Smith Assistant Chief Engineer TRL Technology Limited > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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