Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261692AbVCXDEG (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:04:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261638AbVCXDEG (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:04:06 -0500 Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.202.56]:13972 "EHLO sccrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261692AbVCXDDu (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:03:50 -0500 Message-ID: <42422E40.5080703@comcast.net> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:04:32 -0500 From: John Richard Moser User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050111) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Triffid Hunter CC: ubuntu-devel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: vfat broken in 2.6.10? References: <4241E3EA.4080501@comcast.net> <42420858.8020404@funkmunch.net> In-Reply-To: <42420858.8020404@funkmunch.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1701 Lines: 46 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Triffid Hunter wrote: > i've seen the same problems with a fat32 partition image after an > unclean shutdown. reading certain files would cause the filesystem to > spontaneously become read-only with error messages similar to the ones > you list below. Clean umount, not unclean. Not even removing the device, no shutdown. I'm not damaging the filesystem except by actually using it. It's remniscent of using NTFS with "full read-write" under Linux, where you have lots of damage afterwards even though you didn't do anything nasty to damage it. > > my solution was to copy all the files off, rename the offending > directory, and copy the relevant files back. unfortunately i can't > remove the "dead" folder, as attempting to remove it sets the filesystem > read-only :( > - -- All content of all messages exchanged herein are left in the Public Domain, unless otherwise explicitly stated. Creative brains are a valuable, limited resource. They shouldn't be wasted on re-inventing the wheel when there are so many fascinating new problems waiting out there. -- Eric Steven Raymond -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCQi5AhDd4aOud5P8RAiedAJ40CyoAYYdu1jbSnl1j8J7/iXH2dQCbBuND uZX0j3qIZe3TYQ2NMMelgks= =XMEH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/