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authorbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1997-12-19 23:03:00 +0000
committerbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1997-12-19 23:03:00 +0000
commit1dee0886bd61cb692c54d74dd356b40398a7bd65 (patch)
tree6a0ce95a198fd5a897f86e49109734e2513f6769 /sbin
parent91eb9adb3d6948dcb75bbb8fa5dbc75228347ac2 (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-1dee0886bd61cb692c54d74dd356b40398a7bd65.zip
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Fixed some FUD (don't blame current msdosfs for old msdosfs+vfs_bio bugs).
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r--sbin/i386/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.825
-rw-r--r--sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.825
-rw-r--r--sbin/mount_msdosfs/mount_msdosfs.825
3 files changed, 51 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/i386/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8 b/sbin/i386/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
index 4f6fcd1..32b3129 100644
--- a/sbin/i386/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
+++ b/sbin/i386/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.5 1997/02/22 14:32:29 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@@ -95,25 +95,34 @@ directory on which the file system is being mounted.
The
.Nm msdos
filesystem is not known to work reliably with filesystems created by versions
-of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
+of MS-DOS later than version 6.22.
.Pp
The limitations on file names imposed by MS-DOS are strange, at best.
For instance, they are
limited to single-case, 8 character names with 3 character extensions.
.Pp
-If you see the warning:
+.Fx 2.1
+and earlier versions could not handle cluster sizes larger than 16K.
+Just mounting an MS-DOS file system could cause corruption to any
+mounted file system.
+Cluster sizes larger than 16K are unavoidable for file system sizes
+larger than 1G, and also occur when filesystems larger than 1G are
+shrunk to smaller than 1G using FIPS.
+The warning:
.Pp
mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length
.Pp
-then it is possible that writing to the MS-DOS filesystem would
-produce corruption on the disk. This is a shortcoming in the code
-which needs to be addressed.
+is common when the cluster size is large and/or the filesystem has been
+shrunk, but it is not directly related to any known problems.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos
-utility first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0.
+utility first appeared in
+.Fx 2.0 .
Its predecessor, the
.Nm mount_pcfs
-utility appeared in FreeBSD 1, and was abandoned in favor
+utility appeared in
+.Fx 1.0 ,
+and was abandoned in favor
of the more aptly-named
.Nm mount_msdos .
diff --git a/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8 b/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
index 4f6fcd1..32b3129 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.5 1997/02/22 14:32:29 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@@ -95,25 +95,34 @@ directory on which the file system is being mounted.
The
.Nm msdos
filesystem is not known to work reliably with filesystems created by versions
-of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
+of MS-DOS later than version 6.22.
.Pp
The limitations on file names imposed by MS-DOS are strange, at best.
For instance, they are
limited to single-case, 8 character names with 3 character extensions.
.Pp
-If you see the warning:
+.Fx 2.1
+and earlier versions could not handle cluster sizes larger than 16K.
+Just mounting an MS-DOS file system could cause corruption to any
+mounted file system.
+Cluster sizes larger than 16K are unavoidable for file system sizes
+larger than 1G, and also occur when filesystems larger than 1G are
+shrunk to smaller than 1G using FIPS.
+The warning:
.Pp
mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length
.Pp
-then it is possible that writing to the MS-DOS filesystem would
-produce corruption on the disk. This is a shortcoming in the code
-which needs to be addressed.
+is common when the cluster size is large and/or the filesystem has been
+shrunk, but it is not directly related to any known problems.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos
-utility first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0.
+utility first appeared in
+.Fx 2.0 .
Its predecessor, the
.Nm mount_pcfs
-utility appeared in FreeBSD 1, and was abandoned in favor
+utility appeared in
+.Fx 1.0 ,
+and was abandoned in favor
of the more aptly-named
.Nm mount_msdos .
diff --git a/sbin/mount_msdosfs/mount_msdosfs.8 b/sbin/mount_msdosfs/mount_msdosfs.8
index 4f6fcd1..32b3129 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_msdosfs/mount_msdosfs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_msdosfs/mount_msdosfs.8
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.5 1997/02/22 14:32:29 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@@ -95,25 +95,34 @@ directory on which the file system is being mounted.
The
.Nm msdos
filesystem is not known to work reliably with filesystems created by versions
-of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
+of MS-DOS later than version 6.22.
.Pp
The limitations on file names imposed by MS-DOS are strange, at best.
For instance, they are
limited to single-case, 8 character names with 3 character extensions.
.Pp
-If you see the warning:
+.Fx 2.1
+and earlier versions could not handle cluster sizes larger than 16K.
+Just mounting an MS-DOS file system could cause corruption to any
+mounted file system.
+Cluster sizes larger than 16K are unavoidable for file system sizes
+larger than 1G, and also occur when filesystems larger than 1G are
+shrunk to smaller than 1G using FIPS.
+The warning:
.Pp
mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length
.Pp
-then it is possible that writing to the MS-DOS filesystem would
-produce corruption on the disk. This is a shortcoming in the code
-which needs to be addressed.
+is common when the cluster size is large and/or the filesystem has been
+shrunk, but it is not directly related to any known problems.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos
-utility first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0.
+utility first appeared in
+.Fx 2.0 .
Its predecessor, the
.Nm mount_pcfs
-utility appeared in FreeBSD 1, and was abandoned in favor
+utility appeared in
+.Fx 1.0 ,
+and was abandoned in favor
of the more aptly-named
.Nm mount_msdos .
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