Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Apr 1996 08:24:24 -0400 (EDT) | From | Deflorator <> | Subject | Anomalies/bugs in VFAT under Linux 1.3.84? (wont mv dirs) |
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Here is this utter weirdness that I got today when I tried to 'mv' my dirs around on my VFAT(Win95) partition. The enclosed log is very self-explanatory if you follow it.. If you need anything more, let me know. But this is definitely out of place and needs to be fixed!
System is 486dx2/66 16 megs ram, EIDE WDC 420 HD, linux 1.3.84, gcc 2.7.2, elf kernel, elf libs(5.2.18 libc), used for ppp, and compiling purposes.
Other strange things were happening too, like, if I tried to move the dir to a diff. dir name, it would disappear for like 2-3 minutes, and then I'd come back, and it would still be under the old name. And then I would move a *completely different* directory to some other name, and the *previous* one that I had waited on to move for the last 2-3 minutes will finally *move* to the previously assigned name(like there is some delay and messup while I was moving them around). Even the down enclosed list may seem weird, cuz I did it while this was happening.
Plus I noticed something in 'ps' after I compiled 1.3.84:
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1 ? S 0:03 init [5] 2 ? SW 0:00 (kflushd) 3 ? SW< 0:00 (kswapd) 4 ? SW 0:00 (nfsiod) 5 ? SW 0:00 (nfsiod) 6 ? SW 0:00 (nfsiod) 7 ? SW 0:00 (nfsiod)
that came out of the blue when I started running 1.3.84, and I don't like this at all. I did not ask for nfsiod to run, if this is something you have put in since 1.3.84, please tell us how to disable it. I only run what I *need*... let us not *bloat* the kernel beyond a point of usability("enjoyability"). It can be nice if we keep the features we need to a minimum, so as to please everyone's needs, without overdoing it. Featurism also has its bad sides. One thing I've always hated is bloated code. Thank you.
sincerely Martin
p.s. if the below is a normal VFAT behavior, I retract all I have said in my above letter to the list.
--report.txt-- continuum:/dos/Program Files# dir total 56 dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 8192 Apr 7 23:26 Accessories/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 06:09 Atomtime/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 01:07 Crt/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8192 Apr 8 02:48 Netscape/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 04:43 PSP/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 02:58 WFtpd/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 05:15 WS_Ftp/ continuum:/dos/Program Files# mv WS_Ftp ws continuum:/dos/Program Files# dir total 64 dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 8192 Apr 7 23:26 Accessories/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 06:09 Atomtime/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 01:07 Crt/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8192 Apr 8 02:48 Netscape/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 04:43 PSP/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 02:58 WFtpd/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 05:15 ws/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 05:15 ws_ftp/ (this last dir should not be here, and why has the lettercase changed?) continuum:/dos/Program Files# mv PSP ps continuum:/dos/Program Files# dir total 72 dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 8192 Apr 7 23:26 Accessories/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 06:09 Atomtime/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 01:07 Crt/ drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8192 Apr 8 02:48 Netscape/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 04:43 PSP/ (above dir shouldnt be here) drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 02:58 WFtpd/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 04:43 ps/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 05:15 ws/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 8192 Apr 8 05:15 ws_ftp/ continuum:/dos/Program Files# uname -a Linux continuum 1.3.84 #2 Mon Apr 8 06:05:09 EDT 1996 i486 continuum:/dos/Program Files# gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2/specs gcc version 2.7.2 continuum:/dos/Program Files# mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext2 (rw) /dev/hda1 on /dos type vfat (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) continuum:~#
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