Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 01:26:54 +0800 (TSD) From: "Victor A. Sudakov" <vas@vas.tomsk.su> To: brian@awfulhak.org (Brian Somers) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length Message-ID: <199706221726.BAA12267@vas.tomsk.su> In-Reply-To: <199706220345.EAA07158@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> from "Brian Somers" at "Jun 22, 97 04:45:12 am"
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Brian Somers wrote: > > I got the sinister message: > > > > mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize > > in length > > > > when I tried to > > > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0.720 /mnt/diska > > > > Weird, isn't it? Should I be afraid of it? > > Be afraid. Be *very* *very* afraid. When this error comes from > mounting a DOS hard drive partitiion, it's a prelude to FreeBSD > sh**ing all over your disks - and not just the DOS ones ! I know about it. The reason I am asking this question here is that I get this message when I mount a floppy. It is not about a hard drive. -- Victor Sudakov http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm
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