From owner-freebsd-fs Tue Jun 11 10:20:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-fs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA13245 for fs-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 10:20:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eac.iafrica.com (slipper101145.iafrica.com [196.7.101.145]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA13214 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 10:20:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by eac.iafrica.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA01192; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 19:10:04 +0200 From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199606111710.TAA01192@eac.iafrica.com> Subject: Re: bit 7 in filenames To: khetan@iafrica.com (Khetan Gajjar) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 19:10:03 +0200 (SAT) Cc: fs@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Khetan Gajjar" at Jun 11, 96 00:15:07 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-fs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (Moved from -hackers to -fs) Khetan Gajjar wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Robert Nordier wrote: > > >No, the vfatfs is probably about 80 percent complete, but still in > >pieces, and not expected in -current for a while. > > Ok. > > >As the msdosfs code has changed comparatively little, the msdosfs > >fixes will probably apply to most recent versions of FreeBSD. > >These patches should be out in a few weeks and will address the > >problem of corrupting BSD partitions. > > What about dos partitions ? ;-) I don't think I've any records relating to the msdosfs corrupting its own partition (but I'm still working through all the msdosfs-related stuff I've collected over several months). Anyway, the aim of the patches will be to remedy those reproducible serious problems that won't require fundamental design changes. -- Robert Nordier