From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 6 16:44:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA13283 for current-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 16:44:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from unix.tfs.net (as1-p12.tfs.net [139.146.210.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA13266 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 16:44:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jbryant@unix.tfs.net) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) id SAA28528; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:44:11 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199801070044.SAA28528@unix.tfs.net> Subject: Re: Yesterday's CVSUP HATES mount_msdosfs ?? In-Reply-To: <19980106222857.26813.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> from Charlie Roots at "Jan 6, 98 02:28:57 pm" To: osiris2002@yahoo.com (Charlie Roots) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:44:11 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Reply-to: jbryant@unix.tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Jan 1 19:03:58 CST 1998 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk John Dysan fixed this last night, and you probably cvsupped too early... the changes didn't get committed until after midnight CST... In reply: > Hi All SysAdmins, FreeBSD Developers, > > Yesterday's '6-jan-98' Kernel does not boot properly if I use an entry > in /etc/fstab to mount and msdos file system, and enters 'kernel > debug' mode. > > I had some difficult time to bootup the 'ONLY' machine I have again. > What made it worse that I thought since make world and the new kernel > compile went smoothly, I removed reduntant kernel.* backups (FATAL > MISTAKE). > > The question, Is there a new change in mount_msdos code that is > causing this, or should I mount VFAT (aka FAT32, WIN95) partitions > using another 'unknown to me' command ? > > Or Am I doing anything else wrong. > > It worths mentioning that this disaster did not go unevetful, as fsck > was saying it is removing some directories from the /usr/obj, > /usr/gnats/.. > > Fortunately I made some backups lately and can restore the /src, and > other personal folders to the state before the event, one problem > though, every thing is on the VFAT partition. > > Please consider helping me ASAP, should I CVSUP again today to > correct, or restore the /usr/src to previous state and recompile the > whole system, until the code stabilizes. > > I'll be online for the next couple of hours or so, so please send an > answer, if any available so I can cleanly get away with the crash. > > More info about the problem: > > When I boot the kernel drops into kernel debug mode, and mentions an > address where the trouble is, I don't know enough knowledge to give > more info, but I panic out of kernel debug, reboot, and hit CTRL-C > before the system tries to mount the dreaded msdos file system, then > disable the /etc/fstab entry, reboot and everything is OK. > > Thanks, now I have a lost+found thing. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+