From owner-freebsd-fs Thu Nov 5 05:04:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA07255 for freebsd-fs-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 05:04:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sv01.cet.co.jp (sv01.cet.co.jp [210.171.56.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA07230 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 05:04:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelh@cet.co.jp) Received: from localhost (michaelh@localhost) by sv01.cet.co.jp (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA10861; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:04:36 GMT (envelope-from michaelh@cet.co.jp) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 22:04:36 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock To: Richard Smith cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should a corrupt floppy disk cause a panic? In-Reply-To: <36416ACE.44FE439B@jezebel.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If you have patches that fix the problem they might be accepted. On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Richard Smith wrote: > [this question was originally posted to -questions] > > This is question on policy. > > The msdosfs will panic and the system will die if you mount a > floppy with a corrupt format. I have an image of such a floppy > and I can crash my system every time. > > The error message is: > > panic: isa_dmacheck: no physical page present > syncing disks... panic: msdosfs_lock: locking against myself > ...and the system reboots. > > I am using 2.2.7R and have tested it on three separate systems. > > The man page for mount effectively says "live with it". > > So is this a bug or a feature? > _______________________________________________________________________ > Richard Smith Assistant Chief Engineer TRL Technology Limited > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message