Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 01:06:20 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: benedict@echonyc.com, roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de, grog@lemis.de, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making a DOS Partition writeable Message-ID: <199610220806.BAA21835@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961021225316.4986K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Oct 21, 96 10:55:35 pm
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It seems that Doug White said: > > On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Snob Art Genre wrote: > > > > Please, anyone correct me, but mounting a DOS-FS could -- under certain > > > circumstances -- corrupt the BSD-FS !?!? > > > > Shortly after I installed FreeBSD, I was running two finds on different > > virtual consoles, with /msdos mounted, and my machine crashed hard. When > > it came back up, my entire FreeBSD installation was hosed. I can't say it > > was definitely due to msdosfs, but I suspect it. > > The primary problem comes when you FIPS a partition and cause the cluster > size to change. FreeBSD assumes a perfect world while FIPS cheats -- it > SHOULD rewrite all those sectors back down to the smaller clustersize but > that takes a while (I had a program that actually did it right!) esp. on > big disks. So, how does this result in the FBSD partition being trashed? Or, is that an "ugly rumor"? Is it only applicable to a FBSD partition on the same physical device as a FIPS'ed DOS partition? etc. It sure would be nice if these things were more thoroughly described or qualified ... help reduce some of the "lore" surrounding them. --don
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