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Date:      Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:39:02 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org, toasty@home.dragondata.com
Subject:   Re: i386/6115: msdosfs incorrect compute cluster or root directory
Message-ID:  <199803240539.QAA31845@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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> >      At boot (mount time for disk), I receive the following message:
> > 
> > 	Mar 23 22:06:49 fantasy-factory /kernel: mountmsdosfs():
> > 	Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize
> > 	in length
> > 
> >      This may be correct, by the numbers above the disk uses 4.5
> >      clusters for the root direcrory.   However if neither Windows
> >      95 nor Partition Magic care, FreeBSD should not report if it
> >      is not a problem (or refuse to mount the drive if it is a
> >      problem.)
> > 
> 
> See 'man mount_msdos' for a short reference to this.

Unfortunately, `man mount_msdos' only gives FUD about this in 2.2.  I
fixed the man page in an old version of -current.  -current no longer
prints the message or mentions it in the man page.

Bruce

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