From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 21 04:53:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA05444 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 04:53:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from intranet.blueberry.co.uk (intranet.blueberry.co.uk [195.129.9.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA05432 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 04:53:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keith@intranet.blueberry.co.uk) Received: (from keith@localhost) by intranet.blueberry.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA09354; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:54:40 GMT (envelope-from keith) Message-ID: <19971121125440.43767@blueberry.co.uk> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:54:40 +0000 From: Keith Jones To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Doug White Subject: Re: mountmsdosfs(): Warning: ...... References: <19971120100045.64917@blueberry.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Doug White on Thu, Nov 20, 1997 at 11:15:00AM -0800 Organization: Blueberry New Media Ltd. Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Nov 20, 1997 at 11:15:00AM -0800, Doug White wrote: > The problem is really that you've used FIPS to shrink a drive, and you > shrank the drive below the threshold for changing the standard > clustersize. The msdosfs code isn't intelligent enough to grok the > proper clustersize, so it spits that out. > > You should _*IMMEDIATELY*_ dismount the disk and not mount it until you > reformat the DOS disk. Damage to the MSDOS and possibly the FreeBSD > filesystems will result if you use the FS when you receive the warning. Erm, I don't think so. This problem was experienced with a freshly formatted DOS partition on a clean disk. FIPS has never darkened my disks. I'm also running DOS 7, FWIW - which is why I asked if an upgrade to msdosfs was planned. > If you need access to that disk from FreeBSD, install and use the mtools > distribution instead. Mtools in in ports. I already have mtools. I built msdosfs into the kernel because mtools upsets my sense of neatness. I'd far rather be able to treat the DOS partition as merely another filesystem. Regards Keith -- v Keith Jones Systems Manager, Blueberry New Media Ltd. v | Postal Mail: 2/10 Harbour Yard, Chelsea Harbour, LONDON, UK. SW10 0XD | | Telephone: +44 (0)171 351 3313 Fax: +44 (0)171 351 2476 | ^ Email: Keith.Jones@blueberry.co.uk WWW: http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ ^