Messages in this thread | | | Subject | VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'? | From | Dirk Reiners <> | Date | Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:40:22 -0600 |
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Hi everybody,
while trying to back up a couple Linux directories to a FAT disk I ran into a weird situation: I can't create a file called aux.h on the FAT system!
Here's how to reproduce it:
cd /tmp dd if=/dev/zero of=vfat_img bs=1M count=1 /sbin/losetup /dev/loop7 vfat_img /sbin/mkfs.vfat /dev/loop7 mkdir vfat_mnt mount -t vfat /dev/loop7 vfat_mnt touch vfat_mnt/auy.h touch vfat_mnt/aux.h
auy.h is happily created, aux.h gives "touch: setting times of `vfat_mnt/aux.h': No such file or directory", and no file is created. This happened to me on the system described below, but I could reproduce the same behavior on a system booted from RHEL4 CDs, an old Knoppix (3.4), and friends could reproduce it on other systems, too, so it doesn't seem to be very related to a specific version.
As a workaround I tar/bzipped my dirs, but that behavior seems very unusual and doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in vfat... What am I missing here?
Thanks
Dirk
Here's my system (RHEL4 with updated kernel):
Linux dream.vrac 2.6.15.6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 14 10:41:05 CST 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Gnu C 3.4.3 Gnu make 3.80 binutils 2.15.92.0.2 util-linux 2.12a mount 2.12a module-init-tools 3.1-pre5 e2fsprogs 1.35 reiserfsprogs line reiser4progs line pcmcia-cs 3.2.7 quota-tools 3.12. PPP 2.4.2 nfs-utils 1.0.6 Linux C Library 2.3.4 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.4 Procps 3.2.3 Net-tools 1.60 Kbd 1.12 Sh-utils 5.2.1 udev 039 Modules Loaded loop vmnet vmmon parport_pc lp parport autofs4 sunrpc ipt_REJECT ipt_state ip_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables vfat fat dm_mod button battery ac nvidia ipv6 usb_storage ohci1394 ohci_hcd ehci_hcd i2c_nforce2 i2c_core snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc forcedeth floppy raid0 sata_nv libata sd_mod scsi_mod
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