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- From: almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: How do you install programs?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.202913.12043@bernina.ethz.ch>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 20:29:13 GMT
- References: <1992Aug30.152738.20697@utstat.uucp> <QecDEIS00WAJEDSlB4@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Aug31.035350.4961@wimsey.bc.ca>
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- In article <1992Aug31.035350.4961@wimsey.bc.ca> stewart@wimsey.bc.ca (Jim Stewart) writes:
- > Linux 0.97.1 mounts my dos filesystem on /dev/hda1 fine. I can get directory
- > listings and can copy FROM the dos filesystem fine. When I copy TO the
- > dos filesystem, the cp (from root0.97.1) grinds away then comes back and
- > tells me that the device is full...
-
- cp is probably trying to make a hole. There was a bug in dosfs.6 (and
- probably also in dosfs.5) that made this operation fail in the way you
- describe.
-
- I'd suggest upgrading to dosfs.7.
-
- - Werner
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