Re: msdos fs problem (2.1.44-pre2)

Richard A. Soderberg (richards@dnsi.net)
Fri, 27 Jun 1997 18:19:29 -0700 (PDT)


I am running 2.1.42 with a load of patches (none in fs/, though). I can
remove directories on an msdos/vfat filesystem. I have noticed that
occasionally files I create will be +r, randomly or not. Haven't been
able to find a reason for this.

Richard

On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Matthew Kirkwood wrote:

> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 12:50:34 +0100 (BST)
> From: Matthew Kirkwood <matthew.kirkwood@lmh.ox.ac.uk>
> To: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
> Subject: msdos fs problem (2.1.44-pre2)
>
> Hi,
>
> I haven't had time to test this with 2.0.x or 2.1.44-pre3, but I'm
> currently unable to remove directories on msdos/vfat partitions.
>
> Any attempt to do so complains of "device of resource busy", regardless
> of whether the directory was made under Windog or Linux.
>
> Also - any files written under Linux are flagged read-only, it seems.
>
> All on /dev/hd?, various vfat and msdos partitions. P120, etc. S/w
> mostly RH4.1. New alpha first-time dcache thing enabled.
>
> Matthew.
>
> PS. A little further investigation revealed that the mapsort program was
> causing running processes to enter D-state.
>
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