Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: How to make VFAT work right in 2.4.0-prereleaseu | Date | Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:53:49 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> - edit file fs/fat/inode.c, look in the function named > "fat_notify_change" (at about line 901), where it says:" > /* FAT cannot truncate to a longer file */ > if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) { > if (attr->ia_size > inode->i_size) > return -EPERM; > } > ", just delete all of it (or comment it out). This change wich has been > made in the -prerelease versión, makes Netscape Messenger not to work
If you do that you will corrupt your FAT fs. Very bad idea
> - apply attached patch made by Eelco Dolstra > <edolstra@students.cs.uu.nl>, I am testing and using this patch since > 13.nov.2000 (a lot of time) and with various versions of the Linux > 2.4.0-testXX series kernels and it works flawlessly! Without it you get
2.4.0-ac has the truncate to grow stuff. It should just work out of the box. Let me know if not
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