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- From: tmpcms@eua.ericsson.se (Carl Michael Skoog)
- Subject: [BUG REPORT] Partition get corrupt when floppy is accessed
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.144451.9196@eua.ericsson.se>
- Sender: news@eua.ericsson.se
- Nntp-Posting-Host: euas47c07.eua.ericsson.se
- Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:44:51 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- Somebody suggested we should concentrate on bug fixes before releasing ver 1.0,
- so here comes a bad one.....
-
- I did an 'tar tvf /dev/fd0' last night (by mistake, I know about this bug),
- with the result that simple commands
- like 'cat' started to dump core, getting 'fs_inode: bit already cleared' now
- and then for no good reason, and other oddities. When I tried to reboot the
- machine it hung by the 'Partition table OK' message. An old boot diskette was
- tried where 'fsck' reported 'Root inode is not directory'. So, as far as i can
- tell, random bytes was spread all over the disk.
-
- To clearify, i've had problems with this since i started to use Linux, and it
- ONLY shows up when the hardware cache is ENabled (but THEN it is a sure killer).
- I,ve tried to replicate the pattern with the cache DISabled, but it's steady as
- rock.
-
- I have an noname OPTI chipset, AMI BIOS, 386-40 Mhz motherboard with a
- very-much-no-name IDE disk/floppy controller card.
-
- I can live with this bug, but it's a nuisance having to reboot every time i
- want to use the floppy.
-
- Merry Christmas to you all !!!
- (I hope i didn't ruin your christmas, Linus :-) )
-
- Carl Michael Skoog
-