> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:28:33 -0700 > From: Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: df and floppy seeks [was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: > findutils-20041227-1] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Tom Hall on 2/27/2005 2:50 PM: > > > > You're right. After rebooting, the floppy seek stuff came back with df. > > Back to "subst a: c:" in my cygwin.bat :-( > > So, what are the symptoms of the df floppy seek stuff? Which version of > coreutils are you using? More details would be nice, so I can determine > if it is normal behavior or if I need to patch df.
I have Cygwin installed in pretty much the default way, c:\cygwin, etc. When I want to see how full my c: drive is I run "df ." from any directory that's on my c: drive - typically my home directory. The symptom is that my computer goes "clackity clackity clackity clack", and the floppy access light comes on. Same thing happens if I do things like "df /home/tom", "df /cygdrive/c", or even "df /cygdrive/z", with Z: being a mapped network drive. "df" is /usr/bin/df; not an alias. I was running coreutils 5.2.1-5. After I saw your message, I upgraded to 5.3.0-2 but it still happens. There was some discussion about this last year; mostly with regards to the same symptoms with "find" (which have been fixed). > > - -- > Life is short - so eat dessert first! (We'd probably live longer if we skipped dessert) > > Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Tom -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
