Re: 2.6.0-test9 VFAT problem

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Friday 14 November 2003 15:23, Andries Brouwer wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:45:36AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Nov 14 09:19:51 coyote kernel: hub 3-2:1.0: new USB device on port
>> 3, assigned address 9 Nov 14 09:19:51 coyote kernel: scsi4 : SCSI
>> emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Nov 14 09:19:52 coyote
>> kernel:   Vendor: OLYMPUS   Model: C-3020ZOOM(U)     Rev: 1.00 Nov
>> 14 09:19:52 coyote kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access                
>>      ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Nov 14 09:19:52 coyote kernel: SCSI
>> device sda: 128000 512-byte hdwr sectors (66 MB) Nov 14 09:19:52
>> coyote kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Nov 14
>> 09:19:52 coyote kernel:  sda: sda1
>> Nov 14 09:20:34 coyote kernel: FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sda1)
>> Nov 14 09:20:34 coyote kernel:     fat_free: deleting beyond EOF
>> (i_pos 0) Nov 14 09:20:34 coyote kernel:     File system has been
>> set read-only
>>
>> Comments?  Screwed up kernel .config? Is mount "-t vfat" the
>> correct filesystem?
>
>It would have been interesting to see the filesystem after this
> error message. Can you reproduce the error?
>
>(vfat? I don't know - most cameras just use msdos, but vfat doesnt
> harm, I suppose)
>
>The error message means that the fatfs followed a chain of clusters
> in order to delete them all and found a free cluster before finding
> an end-of-file mark.

And I could possibly have created that empty sector by not treating 
the card as a LIFO I suppose...  Makes a certain amount of sense, but 
why did a powerdown and a reconnect fix it?  Some compacting routine 
in the cameras soft maybe?

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