Re: question on msdos support

[Clemens Koller]

Hi, Mike!

Mike.Johnson@xxxxxxx schrieb:
> Whoever responds to this mail, please email me directly....thank-you!
>
> It seems that the dos file system does not work correctly with kernel
> version 2.6.12. When using a dos formatted usb memory stick and placing
> files onto the memory stick, the files are corrupt.

Please define "dos file system". FAT32?
Works over here on 2.6.20.3

And did you should check your memory stick on a machine with some
newer kernel version or with a different format?

There are some more or less cheap memory sticks around which
are just crap!

> Any thoughts on patches that may have fixed this...or where I can go to
> search for patch information would be helpful

I would first try a newer kernel (well, you need to switch to
udev, if you haven't already(?)).

Greets,
--
Clemens Koller
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