Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-25 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:23:40PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/03/2011 05:55 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 06:31:49AM -0500, shawn wilson wrote: > [snip] > >> > >>I thought fsck was a bit based integrity checker and didn't care about > >>directories?... and how do you know w

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-06 Thread Joel Roth
On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 11:38:36PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/05/2011 11:27 PM, Joel Roth wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:23:40PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > [snip] > >> > >>Show us. Include *everything*. (Snip after 5 lines of repetition.) > > > >Okay, I get that a responsibility of

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/05/2011 11:27 PM, Joel Roth wrote: On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:23:40PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] Show us. Include *everything*. (Snip after 5 lines of repetition.) Okay, I get that a responsibility of posting for help here is also to include enough info for all to study. You

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-05 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:23:40PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/03/2011 05:55 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 06:31:49AM -0500, shawn wilson wrote: > [snip] > >> > >>I thought fsck was a bit based integrity checker and didn't care about > >>directories?... and how do you know w

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/03/2011 05:55 AM, Joel Roth wrote: On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 06:31:49AM -0500, shawn wilson wrote: [snip] I thought fsck was a bit based integrity checker and didn't care about directories?... and how do you know what directory fsck is on anyway? The same warning repeated endlessly Sh

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-03 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 06:31:49AM -0500, shawn wilson wrote: > On Mar 3, 2011 6:14 AM, "Joel Roth" wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 09:51:14AM +0100, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > > > On 03/03/2011 06:20 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >I'm repairing a system for a friend with a

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-03 Thread shawn wilson
On Mar 3, 2011 6:14 AM, "Joel Roth" wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 09:51:14AM +0100, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > > On 03/03/2011 06:20 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I'm repairing a system for a friend with a FAT filesystem > > >problem. > > > > > >There is a directory cycle, so that

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-03 Thread Joel Roth
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 09:51:14AM +0100, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > On 03/03/2011 06:20 AM, Joel Roth wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm repairing a system for a friend with a FAT filesystem > >problem. > > > >There is a directory cycle, so that for example: > > > >rm -rf directory_with_cycle > > > >doe

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-03 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 03/03/2011 06:20 AM, Joel Roth wrote: Hi, I'm repairing a system for a friend with a FAT filesystem problem. There is a directory cycle, so that for example: rm -rf directory_with_cycle doesn't work, because rm encounters and endless succession of subdirectories. The directory content

Re: FAT filesystem with a directory cycle

2011-03-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/02/2011 11:20 PM, Joel Roth wrote: Hi, I'm repairing a system for a friend with a FAT filesystem problem. There is a directory cycle, so that for example: rm -rf directory_with_cycle doesn't work, because rm encounters and endless succession of subdirectories. The directory content