Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

> Next step is to blow away my entire cygwin installation and install each > package anew. Not sure what else I can do. This will be the 2nd time in > 6 months I've had to do this. As long as you're doing that, be sure to delete and redownload all of the package files. -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Chuck wrote: >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Chuck wrote: >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Chuck wrote: > > >> HD scan shows no errors. > > >> I'm beginning to think I need to remove

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Chuck wrote: HD scan shows no errors. I'm beginning to think I need to remove and reinstall every cygwin package, but I'm not certain that will fix it either. I've

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Chuck wrote: >> I'd buy into the HD-getting-ready-to-fail argument more if I saw >> weirdness on Windows too, but I don't. At least not yet. Plus scans of >> the HD with both Tuneup Utilities and Windows itself are not turning >> anything up. > WAG but have you looked at the

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Chuck wrote: >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Chuck wrote: >>> >>> HD scan shows no errors. >>> >>> I'm beginning to think I need to remove and reinstall every cygwin package, but I'm not certain that

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: I'd buy into the HD-getting-ready-to-fail argument more if I saw weirdness on Windows too, but I don't. At least not yet. Plus scans of the HD with both Tuneup Utilities and Windows itself are not turning anything up. WAG but have you looked at the event log? -- Andrew DeFaria

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Chuck wrote: HD scan shows no errors. I'm beginning to think I need to remove and reinstall every cygwin package, but I'm not certain that will fix it either. I've already reinstalled both coreutils and cyg

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > I am not used the latest / greatest DaemonTools however since I am > under the impression that it has become adware if you don't buy it. > > -Jason > It includes adware. You can unselect it in the installer. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscri

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Matthew Woehlke wrote: > Andrew DeFaria wrote: >> I have no idea what this Daemon tools thing is. Hooks into the file >> system. Gee that's beginning to sound like a root-kit! > > Last I checked, it is a program to allow you to mount CD images as "real > drives". Since it is supposed to make them

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Chuck wrote: >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Have you checked if you can do similar operations with DOS commands? I >>> believe what you're seeing here is a hardware (probably disk) problem. >>> Years ago I had a failing disk pick off files randomly for a while until

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

On 2/12/07, Matthew Woehlke wrote: Andrew DeFaria wrote: > I have no idea what this Daemon tools thing is. Hooks into the file > system. Gee that's beginning to sound like a root-kit! Last I checked, it is a program to allow you to mount CD images as "real drives". Since it is supposed to make

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Andrew DeFaria wrote: I have no idea what this Daemon tools thing is. Hooks into the file system. Gee that's beginning to sound like a root-kit! Last I checked, it is a program to allow you to mount CD images as "real drives". Since it is supposed to make them look "real" enough to even fool

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: Andrew DeFaria wrote: which makes me think that maybe its the writing to stdout that's failing. At this point I'd suggest SpinRite: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm Haven't tried spinrite yet but I did do a "thorough" check of the drive using Tuneup Utilities. That's the one t

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Have you checked if you can do similar operations with DOS commands? I believe what you're seeing here is a hardware (probably disk) problem. Years ago I had a failing disk pick off files randomly for a while until the whole thing finally went. Is the

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > Have you checked if you can do similar operations with DOS commands? I > believe what you're seeing here is a hardware (probably disk) problem. > Years ago I had a failing disk pick off files randomly for a while until > the whole thing finally went. > > Is there

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Andrew DeFaria wrote: >> which makes me think that maybe its the writing to stdout that's failing. >> >> > At this point I'd suggest SpinRite: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm Haven't tried spinrite yet but I did do a "thorough" check of the drive using Tuneup Utilities. That's the one that req

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: Andrew DeFaria wrote: Chuck wrote: At first I thought my recent problems with cygwin were limited to the occasional "ls" command listing nothing. Run it again an it works (usually). Now the problems are getting worse. I tried to "rm" a file that I own and it didn't fully delete it.

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Chuck wrote: >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Chuck wrote: > > > >> >> HD scan shows no errors. > > > >> I'm beginning to think I need to remove and reinstall every cygwin >> package, but I'm not certain that will fix it either. I've already >> reinstalled both c

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Chuck wrote: >> At first I thought my recent problems with cygwin were limited to the >> occasional "ls" command listing nothing. Run it again an it works >> (usually). Now the problems are getting worse. I tried to "rm" a file >> that I own and it didn't fully delete it. It

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Frodak wrote: > Back up your stuff. > > This happened to me before days before ntfs.sys > deleted itself. I then asked my boss for a new > hard-drive and then did a fresh windows install. > > I had bizarre issues. > > Amongst what you described that happened for a while, > the following occurr

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Chuck wrote: At first I thought my recent problems with cygwin were limited to the occasional "ls" command listing nothing. Run it again an it works (usually). Now the problems are getting worse. I tried to "rm" a file that I own and it didn't fully delet

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

--- Chuck wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > > > > Have you checked if you can do similar operations > with DOS commands? I > > believe what you're seeing here is a hardware > (probably disk) problem. > > Years ago I had a failing disk pick off files > randomly for a while until > > the w

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: At first I thought my recent problems with cygwin were limited to the occasional "ls" command listing nothing. Run it again an it works (usually). Now the problems are getting worse. I tried to "rm" a file that I own and it didn't fully delete it. It corrupted it. An ls of the file s

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Chuck wrote: HD scan shows no errors. I'm beginning to think I need to remove and reinstall every cygwin package, but I'm not certain that will fix it either. I've already reinstalled both coreutils and cygwin itself. I've even tried rolling bot

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Chuck wrote: >> At first I thought my recent problems with cygwin were limited to the >> occasional "ls" command listing nothing. Run it again an it works >> (usually). Now the problems are getting worse. I tried to "rm" a file >> that I own and it didn't fully delete i

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > Have you checked if you can do similar operations with DOS commands? I > believe what you're seeing here is a hardware (probably disk) problem. > Years ago I had a failing disk pick off files randomly for a while until > the whole thing finally went. > > Everyth

Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files

Chuck wrote: At first I thought my recent problems with cygwin were limited to the occasional "ls" command listing nothing. Run it again an it works (usually). Now the problems are getting worse. I tried to "rm" a file that I own and it didn't fully delete it. It corrupted it. An ls of the file s