Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:42:35 -0400 From: Tim Howe <tim.howe@celebrityresorts.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kodak USB flash reader causes freezes, panics Message-ID: <873btbkcr8.fsf@beaker.data-secure.net> In-Reply-To: <20050412164126.GA18471@odin.ac.hmc.edu> (Brooks Davis's message of "Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:41:26 -0700") References: <87oecl57nk.fsf@beaker.data-secure.net> <20050411230107.GA11717@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <87y8boeo7d.fsf@beaker.data-secure.net> <20050412164126.GA18471@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> writes: >> > > Reproducibly, if I begin copying data to a [...] CF card [...] it >> > > works for a while, then freezes the system. [...] > Sounds like you should file a PR about the issue. Are you sure the file > system in question is OK? There were some msdosfs corruption bugs fixed > recently. Taking your suggestion I zeroed out the CF card, then used fdisk and newfs_msdos to get it in working order again. I've been testing it over the past week and have had no problems since. Thanks for the pointer. Is it accepted for a corrupt filesystem to freeze the system, though? >> [1042] ~ # true > /dev/da0 [...] > > I'd highly recommend running the command in the other direction so you > try to read rather than write. It shouldn't matter, but that makes me > nervous (not that I think it has anything to do with your problem.) I tried that, and doing a read and waiting a few seconds. Opening for write, as above, worked immediately. -- Tim Howe Software Engineer Celebrity Resorts
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