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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT]: Is that (filesystem-)logic vald?
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 22:38:18
Message-Id: lkrifp$tg5$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Is that (filesystem-)logic vald? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On 05/11/2014 08:25 PM, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I have an embedded system with internal flash memory.
5 > The internal flash memory contains some static files,
6 > which are only be read and others, which get written
7 > from time to time.
8 >
9 > The internal flash has a FAT32-formatted filesystem
10 > and no real partiton (the device is directly fomratted
11 > as so often with this kind of lash memories.
12 >
13 > From time to time the software crashes while updateing
14 > some files (writing to them) leaving a unclean filesystem
15 > behind.
16 >
17 > Often -- after fscking the filesystem -- files named
18 > FSCK<number>.REC are left in the root of the filesystem.
19 >
20 > Is it correct to assume, that only those files are
21 > affected by correcting the filesysten which were written/updated
22 > before or is there any chance, that other, only read files
23 > are also affected?
24
25 I don't know the answer so I'll ask a question instead :)
26
27 How long was the embedded system working correctly before
28 the crashes started? Did it ever work correctly?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT]: Is that (filesystem-)logic vald? meino.cramer@×××.de