Re: Missing files/directories

> Hi Brian, > > It was a good thought, but we can't put the blame on bad hardware. > > These tests were done on the RELENG_3 system cvsup'd > as of Feb 22 @ 20:00 EST. All tests were run internal to the > same machine. So that I don't remain the only guy in the world > to see these test results,

Re: Missing files/directories

[.] > PS: I'd also suggest that you use just _one_ FreeBSD mailing list when > you do follow up. Indeed - Tom's using RELENG_3, not -current ;^P -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org wit

Re: Missing files/directories

On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:55:11 EST, Tom Torrance at home wrote: > I am still very suspicious of those dot files even if I am the > only one. Hi Tom, Since it does indeed look like you _are_ the only one, I'd suggest putting this discussion on hold until you can come back to the list with the onl

Re: Missing files/directories

I forgot to mention to those following this thread, files and directories were definitely removed from /root that were not scheduled for writing under ANY circumstances, on the RELENG_3 machine. In fact, on the RELENG_3 machine all files and directories (except ALL the .x files) were removed

Re: Missing files/directories

Hi Brian, It was a good thought, but we can't put the blame on bad hardware. These tests were done on the RELENG_3 system cvsup'd as of Feb 22 @ 20:00 EST. All tests were run internal to the same machine. So that I don't remain the only guy in the world to see these test results, Control files a

Re: Missing files/directories

Hi, brian, Good idea - I will set up tests tomorrow following your advice. I don't want to be right - I want to be problem-free:-) I can't use my son's machine as he is behind a firewall I can't breach so I will set it up with a couple of machines here on my LAN, internally. I might just swap ou

Re: Missing files/directories

Hi, I don't claim to know a great deal about cache code etc, but I'm pretty sure that it's extremely unlikely that the file name has any chance of affecting the buffer cache. While NFS has its fair share of problems (with which Matt is dealing with admirably), I would think that the code that

Missing files/directories

On the weekend I reported to hackers about problems experienced with 2.2-stable and RELENG-3 systems where I experienced files that disappeared from cache and Mail directories that disappeared. The RELENG-3 system had files affected with softupdates enabled. The 2.2-stable system had sub-directorie