Re: ufs fs at 2.2.x and 2.4.x

Andrew T. Scott (andrews@tathata.org)
Thu, 5 Apr 2001 15:57:38 -0700 (PDT)


Why is it that 2.2.x UFS write support is considered (experimental)?

-Andrew

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 adam@cfar.umd.edu wrote:

> > > FWIW, I downloaded install 'floppyC28.fs' from openbsd web site.
> >
> > OK. So did I.
> >
> > % md5sum floppyC28.fs
> > 2ae3c61008df5accdfb132f20e744bfb floppyC28.fs
>
> same here..
> [root@pepsi openbsd]# md5sum floppyC28.fs
> 2ae3c61008df5accdfb132f20e744bfb floppyC28.fs
>
>
> > > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd,ro
> >
> > OK. So did I. Afterwards:
> >
> > % ls -l /mnt
> > total 1332
> > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 53248 Sep 12 13:18 boot
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1301229 Sep 12 13:18 bsd
>
> still problems...
>
> [root@pepsi /]# df /mnt
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/fd0 1407 1332 75 95% /mnt
> [root@pepsi /]# mount /mnt
> [root@pepsi /]# mount | grep mnt
> /dev/fd0 on /mnt type ufs (ro,ufstype=44bsd)
>
> [root@pepsi /]# ls /mnt
> [root@pepsi /]# dmesg | tail -3
> UFS-fs error (device 02:00): ufs_readdir: bad entry in directory #2, size
> 512: reclen is too small for namlen - offset=0, inode=2, reclen=12,
> namlen=260
> UFS-fs error (device 02:00): ufs_readdir: bad entry in directory #2, size
> 512: reclen is too small for namlen - offset=0, inode=2, reclen=12,
> namlen=260
> UFS-fs error (device 02:00): ufs_readdir: bad entry in directory #2, size
> 512: reclen is too small for namlen - offset=0, inode=2, reclen=12,
> namlen=260
>
>
> > This was Linux version 2.4.0-test8 (aeb@mette) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release))
> > So, questions:
> > 1. Are we talking about the same file (same md5sum)?
>
> yes.
>
> > 2. Do things improve with 2.4.0-test8?
>
> Will try it ... sometime. not right now though..
>
> (obtw: i can mount /mnt multiple times.. )
>
> [root@pepsi /]# umount /mnt
> [root@pepsi /]# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd,ro
> [root@pepsi /]# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd,ro
> [root@pepsi /]# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd,ro
> /dev/fd0 on /mnt type ufs (ro,ufstype=44bsd)
> /dev/fd0 on /mnt type ufs (ro,ufstype=44bsd)
> /dev/fd0 on /mnt type ufs (ro,ufstype=44bsd)
>
> Is this feature?
>
>

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