David Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a USB drive (SanDisk 1GB flash drive), which I have mounted > on a windows PC using samba 3.0. > > I recently discovered the copy of my files on my USB device were > corrupted (thankfully I had a backup), being filled entirely with > 0's (that's ASCII '0', not NUL). > > I should probably mention that this is with the drive formatted with > a FAT filesystem.
That seems to be the problem documented in PR kern/39043: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/39043 It's a long-standing bug that still exists. It affects FAT32 filesystems exported via Samba. The workaround is to re-format the drive with UFS instead of FAT. I don't think anyone is actively working on fixing the bug. :-( Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "To this day, many C programmers believe that 'strong typing' just means pounding extra hard on the keyboard." -- Peter van der Linden _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
