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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:15:44 -0400
From: Gregory Maxwell <greg@linuxpower.cx>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
Cc: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
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Subject: Re: Sony Memory stick format funnies...
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On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:09:22PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Rogier Wolff wrote:
> > 
> > H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > Followup to:  <200104282236.AAA06021@cave.bitwizard.nl>
> > > By author:    R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
> > > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> > > >
> > > > # l /mnt/d1
> > > > total 16
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 512 root     root        16384 Mar 24 17:26 dcim/
> > > > -r-xr-xr-x   1 root     root            0 May 23  2000 memstick.ind*
> > > > #
> > > >
> > > > Where the *(&#$%& does that "dcim" directory come from????
> > > >
> > >
> > > "dcim" probably stands for "digital camera images".  At least Canon
> > > digital cameras always put their data in a directory named dcim.
> > 
> > Yes. I know. Seems to be standard. The stick is for my Sony camera.
> > 
> > However, the question is: how in **** is the Linux kernel seeing that
> > directory while it's not on the stick? (the root directory has one
> > MEMSTICK.IND file, and nothing else!)
> > 
> 
> I doubt the kernel is seeing it without it being there (it doesn't have
> much imagination.)  However, it may very well be there in a funny
> manner.  You do realize, of course, that it's pretty much impossible for
> us to help you answer that question without a complete dump of the
> filesystem on hand, I hope?

He gave what he thought was a complete dump of the non-null bytes. The
obvious answer is that he's looking wrong. :)
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