The synchronisation process failed during stage 2: Error 0xfffffff8

When I mount the root partition as r/w with the rw command and
make the following symbolic link:

When I do the following commands, I can reproduce this:

rw
ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
ro
logout

Emplode->Sync

Error!

Why I did this is because it makes the df command work. Ex:

before
empeg:/bin# df
df: cannot read table of mounted filesystems: No such file or directory

after
empeg:/bin# df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 15863 6976 8887 44% /
/dev/hda4 17463360 10801739 6661621 62% /drive0

"Doctor, it hurts when I do this."

We know that it doesn't work. We have no immediate plans to fix it. It's a problem in either fsck, or df.



Roger - not necessarily speaking for empeg

Ahhh...

Didn't know if you knew or not ;)

We know that it doesn't work. We have no immediate plans to fix it. It's a problem in either fsck, or df.

I would not bother, either. One can simply write a 3-line script to wrap df with creation and deletion of that symlink.

However, what about that missing command that checks whether filesystem is mounted (I don't have unit here now, but I think you know what I am talking about, I think it was already reported - I will try to provoke it again if you don't). I saw it once spying on serial while sync was done on Ether. Not that it seems to matter, either, since my unit dutyfully fscks every 20 or so syncs...

Cheers!

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green

However, what about that missing command that checks whether filesystem is mounted (I don't have unit here now, but I think you know what I am talking about, I think it was already reported - I will try to provoke it again if you don't). I saw it once spying on serial while sync was done on Ether. Not that it seems to matter, either, since my unit dutyfully fscks every 20 or so syncs...

It's just a safety feature in fsck - there's no missing command. It's just trying to see if the file system is mounted readwrite to determine if you're going to do something stupid by fsck'ing it.



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Mike Crowe
I may not be speaking on behalf of empeg above :-)