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Add a small message to the ``CAVEATS'' section saying if you get the

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warning about the root directory, then you could corrupt your filesystem
if you write to it. Someone, please, feel free to improve this :-)
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Gary Palmer 1996-04-03 23:11:08 +00:00
parent c94554b47d
commit d02e870c7e
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=15034
3 changed files with 27 additions and 3 deletions
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.\" (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: mount_msdos.8,v 1.1 1994/09/19 15:30:34 dfr Exp $
.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.2 1994/11/19 17:55:35 nate Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
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:
.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.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos

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.\" (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: mount_msdos.8,v 1.1 1994/09/19 15:30:34 dfr Exp $
.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.2 1994/11/19 17:55:35 nate Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
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:
.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.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos

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sbin/mount_msdosfs/mount_msdosfs.8
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@ -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: mount_msdos.8,v 1.1 1994/09/19 15:30:34 dfr Exp $
.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.2 1994/11/19 17:55:35 nate Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
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:
.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.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos