Re: "mount" bug

Harry Kalogirou
2002-10-25T13:30:06Z

> /dev/fd1 seems to mount, but be inaccessible.
>
> After booting ELKS 0.1.1 from a 3-1/2" diskette in /dev/fd0, "mkdir /mnt",
> "ls -l /" shows 2 hard links and a 32-byte size for mnt.
>
> "mount /dev/fd1 /mnt", when /dev/fd1 contains a 5-1/4" ELKS diskette,
> shows:
> fd: probing disc in /dev/fd1
> fd: /dev/fd1 probably has 15 sectors and 80 cylinders
> MINIX-fs: mounting unchecked file system, running fsck is recommended.
>
> "ls -l /" now shows 10 hard links and a 160-byte size for mnt.
>
> "ls /mnt" now shows:
> /mnt:
> /mnt/in/sh
> : No such file or directory
>
> After this point, "meminfo" shows *more* free and the system rapidly
> deteriorates ("Cannot fork", a blank commandline prompt, a garbage
> commandline prompt, etc.)
>
> Changing /mnt's permissions, owner and group don't help. Interchanging the
> 3-1/2" and 5-1/4" drives didn't help, although there were more error
> messages from mount. Using 5-1/4" drives for both /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1
> (with an ELKS 0.1.0 diskette in /dev/fd1) didn't help.
>

I tried it on my machine, but with 2 3-1/2 drives and it works fine.

Harry