Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:49:26 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Doug Lo <jwlo@ms11.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Warning message, what does it mean? Message-ID: <19970919134926.56921@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3421E6FC.3C97F979@ms11.hinet.net>; from Doug Lo on Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 10:44:12AM %2B0800 References: <3421E6FC.3C97F979@ms11.hinet.net>
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On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 10:44:12AM +0800, Doug Lo wrote: > Hi, > > When I boot FreeBSD, I got a warning message as below: > > mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the > clustersize in length. > > Would anyone tell me what it means? Well, the immediate meaning is obvious. > Should I notice it? Bearing in mind the flaky condition of msdosfs, I'd be very careful. I don't know if things have improved, since I don't use Microsoft, but there were times when anomalies in the file system structure could cause msdosfs to overwrite not only its own partition, but also neighbouring ones. If you must mount the file system, do it read-only, at least until somebody more knowledgeable than I tells you that the coast is clear. Greg
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