Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 20:52:44 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org, sprice@HiWAAY.net Subject: Re: docs/4381: mount -t msdos causes panic:vm_fault Message-ID: <199711110952.UAA29162@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >Fix > > > > Is this something to do with EIDE bugs? > > Should I perhaps start over with a clean drive, and make sure > > FreeBSD starts in the first 512 MB? > > No this is not an EIDE bug. It is a limitation with the PC > BIOS that restricts bootable partitions to the first 1024 > cylinders. See http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ34.html#34 This has nothing to do with the BIOS either, since `mount -t msdos' does not use the BIOS. Apparently the file system is invalid, and msdosfs crashes on some garbage in it. It may be really invalid, or just a W95 file system. It's not clear whether msdosfs can do something reasonable with parts of a W95 file system that it doesn't understand. Bruce
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