Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:48:08 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: chad@DCFinc.com Cc: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca, mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Y2K wierdness?? Message-ID: <200001172248.OAA03375@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:18:18 MST." <200001172118.OAA21489@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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In message <200001172118.OAA21489@freeway.dcfinc.com>, "Chad R. Larson"
writes:
> As I recall, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:
> > It appears there is a Y2K problem with either msdosfs, as witnessed
> > below from one of my machines. I don't have any plans to boot W95 on
> > this system until Saturday, so I won't know how W95 lists it as. Maybe
> > just touching the directory may fix it, though I'm unwilling to do that
> > until I've had a chance to look at it under W95.
> >
> > stat /dos
> > File: "/dos"
> > Size: 16384 Allocated Blocks: 32 Filetype: Directory
> > Mode: (0775/drwxrwxr-x) Uid: (0/root) Gid: (0/wheel)
> > Device: 0,196610 Inode: 1 Links: 1
> > Access: Tue Jan 1 00:00:00 1980
> > Modify: Tue Jan 1 00:00:00 1980
> > Change: Tue Jan 1 00:00:00 1980
>
> Filesystem date/times seem to work for me, under 2.2.8-STABLE:
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Script started on Mon Jan 17 14:13:14 2000
> % ls -l /dos/MSDOS.SYS
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 Jun 16 1998 /dos/MSDOS.SYS
> % touch /dos/touched
> % ls -l /dos/touched
> -rwxrwxr-x 1 root wheel 0 Jan 17 14:13 /dos/touched
> % exit
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Based on a couple of private emails I received, I'm beginning to
suspect Windows. Though I won't be able to test it under that
environment until Saturday or Sunday.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD
Province of BC
"e**(i*pi)+1=0"
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