Re: dos-partition mount bug

2001-01-29 Thread Guest section DW
On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 08:44:56PM -, mirabilos wrote: > AFAICS the fs isn't corrupt. > No further idea. surely, if you have a given fs image that fails to mount, it is entirely straightforward to find why the kernel dislikes it you may send an url (for the first few MB of the fs) to [EMAIL

Re: dos-partition mount bug

2001-01-29 Thread mirabilos
AFAICS the fs isn't corrupt. No further idea. -mirabilos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: dos-partition mount bug

2001-01-29 Thread mirabilos
Andreas, I've checked the bootsector (aka superblock) [i hate od...] and found no problems. It even gives the right info about start sector and length (same as fdisk). Your filesystem seems to be intact, but I'd suggest running sp^Hcandisk although. Maybe there are other things like a corrupt FA

Re: dos-partition mount bug

2001-01-28 Thread mirabilos
locks Send us a hexdump of the first block. (If it's FAT16) PS: I'm going to bed now, so could be some time to respond mirabilos - Original Message - From: "Andreas Huppert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 8:49 PM S

dos-partition mount bug

2001-01-28 Thread Andreas Huppert
> Hi, The following bug-report concerns all linux-versions (inclusive 2.2.18) I have had to do with! > I have been trying to mount the dos-partition /dev/hdb1 on /dos/d for > three years and it fails: > My /etc/fstab is: > /dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 0 1 > /dev/hdb2 /downloads ext2 defaults 0 1 > /