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David Woodhouse wrote:

>brendan.simon@ctam.com.au said:
>
>> Any ideas why the kernel just hangs ? 
>>
>>>>>>>>>>BJS: nftl_release(): invalidate_device()
>>>>>>>>>>

Is this because get_super() fails ???

I've done an fsck.ext2 and it passed with no problems.  This should mean 
that the super blocks are OK, should it ???

I formatted the DOC with nftl_format if that makes any difference.
I also used the latest fdisk from util-linux for format the drive with 
an MSDOS partition table and one ext2 partition.

Thanks for any help or advice.
Brendan Simon.