Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 12:31:18 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: dfr@render.com (Doug Rabson) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, terry@lambert.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, root@synthcom.com Subject: Re: DOS File system fixes Message-ID: <199601091931.MAA12588@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960109153710.482Q-100000@minnow.render.com> from "Doug Rabson" at Jan 9, 96 03:38:07 pm
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> > >It seems that if you use FIPS or PRESIZE or "Partition Magic" to resize > > >your partition, the cluster size will not be reduced. > > > > >This results in crap being written out to the "phantom" locations as if > > >it were a bigger disk. > > > > This should only affect the slice containing the DOS file system. The > > device number would have to be corrupted for a write to affect another > > device. > > > > >There is some indication that mark-for-update occurs on read-only devices, > > >and that for MSDOSFS, this update actually takes place. > > > > I think this was fixed a long time ago. > > I vaguely remember the reports of this kind of corruption being 'pre > slice' era but I could be mistaken. Can anyone remember? I am quoting behaviour/bug reports from the -questions list following the 2.1 release when I report the *apparent* problem. Note the use of the word "apparent"... it means I think the problem descriptions are analogous. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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