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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.0-test9
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Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl writes:

> > Pls forward.
>
> The first FAT entry should have the media byte (0xf0,0xf8,...,0xff)
> extended with all 1 bits in the first FAT entry.
> Checking this is a good idea, it prevents us from mounting garbage
> as FAT - there is no good magic for FAT.
> Unfortunately, Windows does not enforce this, and 2.4 doesn't either.
> It turns out that there are filesystems around (two reports so far)
> that have a zero first FAT entry, and work under Windows and 2.4 but
> fail to mount under 2.6.
>
> So, the below weakens the test.

Looks good to me. I have no objection.


However, the following may be a bit useful info.

I tested on win2k and win95 installed at now.

win95's scandisk reported and fixed this problem.
win2k's chkdsk detect problem and fixed. But GUI tool doesn't detect,
and can't fixed.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
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