[iyonix-support] Re: Bugs in SCSIFS?
- From: Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:14:20 +0200
In message <6e2a93f54e.davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dave Higton <davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've been looking a lot recently at some flash drives. I've
> noticed two errors today in directory entries generated by
> SCSIFS:
SCSIFS does not generate any directories. It just handles block-level
transfer to/from the drive. Directories are created by the filing
system that handles the format of the drive - DOSFS in this case since
this is about FAT formatted devices.
> 1) The .. entry has a cluster number of 0. This means it
> doesn't link back to its parent - which is the sole purpose
> of the dotdot entry.
> 2) On a FAT16-formatted drive, when I created a new directory,
> the top 2 bits of the cluster number weren't zero. This is
> of course illegal for FAT16.
It might be a good idea to create a bug entry at riscosopen.org.
Martin
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