>Sorry this is s10 but I thought someone here may have some idea about this
>
>I just noticed (thanks to star complaining about missing links) that
>numerous (> 2000) files on the s10u4 SPARC DVD seem anomalous.
>
># cd <root of dvd>
># ls -il Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/usr/bin/{cp,ln,mv}
>2777075 -r-xr-xr-x 3 root bin 27360 Jan 25 2007
>Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/usr/bin/cp
>2777524 -r-xr-xr-x 3 root bin 27360 Jan 25 2007
>Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/usr/bin/ln
>2777654 -r-xr-xr-x 3 root bin 27360 Jan 25 2007
>Solaris_10/Tools/Boot/usr/bin/mv
>
># find . -inum 2777075
>
>These directory entries are normally (in /usr/bin) links to the same
>file. It looks like the files have become copies on the DVD but the
>link-count field still reports the original number of links.
>
>Maybe this is normal, but I don't remember seeing it before.
>
>I don't know if this will cause any problems.
I think this is an issue with the hsfs reader in Solaris; it does not
generate inodes in a way that makes hardlinks work.
(Although I also think that was recently fixed)
Casper
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