Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 09:44:32 -0500 From: "Steve Sims" <SimsS@IBM.Net> To: <hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: A simple way to crash your system. Message-ID: <199612021740.RAA21851@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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Brian Tao <taob@io.org> pens: [File Corruption vis-a-vis UFS & MSDOSFS ] > On another occasion, ld.so complained it couldn't find needed > libraries, and an 'ls -l' in /usr/lib showed corrupted directory > entries (strange filenames, huge file sizes, etc.) I immediately > rebooted and after the fsck, nothing appeared to be lost. ==== I had a similar experience with UFS corruption (ld.so complaints) but without the happy ending you cite: An fsck *didn't* fix it - the entire lib tree was hosed -- to the point of a system rebuild to sort things out. Since that, I've religiously avoided MSDOS file systems. That's why FTP was invented, I guess ;-). While I endorse the movement to disable (or make it harder to mount) DOS file systems as a *real*-short-term fix, the real goal _is_ to fix MSDOSFS. How can I help in testing same? ...sjs...
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