>Number: 176746
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Document a bug (unusual 2K block media) with
>src/sbin/fsck_msdosfs/
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 08 12:10:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Julian H. Stacey
>Release: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64
>Organization:
/home/jhs/.organization
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD lapr.js.berklix.net 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #1: Tue Jan
29 22:57:22 CET 2013 j...@lapr.js.berklix.net:/sys/amd64/compile/LAPR.small
amd64
>Description:
Document a 2K block media bug to src/sbin/fsck_msdosfs/fsck_msdosfs.8
>How-To-Repeat:
Analysis here
http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/sigmatel/#bsd2k
>Fix:
Apply patch (appended)
-----------
http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/sbin/fsck_msdosfs/
*** 9.1-RELEASE/src/gen/sbin/fsck_msdosfs/fsck_msdosfs.8 Sat Nov 17
09:47:20 2012
--- new/src/gen/sbin/fsck_msdosfs/fsck_msdosfs.8 Thu Mar 7 23:28:43 2013
***************
*** 121,123 ****
--- 121,126 ----
.Nm
utility is
.Ud
+ .br
+ Devices with 2K media blocks fail, for analysis & work around see
+ http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/sigmatel/#bsd2k
-----------
The real fix will be to write some C.
This bug affects at least both FreeBSD & NetBSD.
Both were informed to mail lists, links to both archives here
http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/sigmatel/#bsd2k
If I write (unikely) or hear of patches to fix it, they will first appear here:
http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/sbin/fsck_msdosfs/
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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