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Bug #47215
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Comment 2 for bug 47215

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Christian Convey (christian-convey) wrote on 2006-12-17: Re: [Bug 47215] Re: fsck.vfat hangs, eats CPU on problematic file

Hi guys,

I'm afraid it's so long ago that I don't remember many details. I've
answered below as best I can...

On 12/17/06, Onno Benschop <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi, thank you for your bug report.
>
> We've just been trying to reproduce this bug, but couldn't. Is there
> anything you can tell us about your computer that might give more
> information. For example:
>
> * Was a specific file, or group of files, involved?

It seemed to be a single file. That is, the fsck only complained
about that file, and I'm *pretty* sure that I only needed to delete
that one file to make the problem go away.

> * What names did affected files have?

It's listed in the original problem report.

> * Were they all in the same directory, what was the name of that directory?

Just one file. My *guess* is that it was in the root directory of
that partition, but that the partition was mounted somewhere like
"/mount/windows_f-drive/" or something like that.

> * How big was the partition that contained the files?

I don't remember - probably not super huge. This was just one of
several partitions residing on my 60 GB laptop hard drive. Almost
certainly smaller than 20 GB.

> * Which language was the file system?

I didn't realize they had languages. I've always told my OS installs
that I'm using American English.

> * Was the file of a particular size?

Don't remember. It wouldn't have been very small, because it was a
backup of a bunch of files. It was probably over 10 MB, and maybe
even a few GB in size. I don't remember.

> * Was the file a Windows .lnk file?

No.

> * What other symptoms did you notice?

None that I remember.

>
> We realise that we're asking lots of questions, but the bug you reported
> has potentially been identified as being part of a problem tucked away
> in the internal workings of the operating system and if that is the
> case, it may affect many users.

No problem. Thanks for looking into it.

- Christian

>
> Thanks,
> Stefan and Onno
>
> --
> fsck.vfat hangs, eats CPU on problematic file
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/47215
>

Hi guys,

I'm afraid it's so long ago that I don't remember many details.  I've
answered below as best I can...

On 12/17/06, Onno Benschop <onno@itmaze.com.au> wrote:
> Hi, thank you for your bug report.
>
> We've just been trying to reproduce this bug, but couldn't. Is there
> anything you can tell us about your computer that might give more
> information. For example:
>
> * Was a specific file, or group of files, involved?

It seemed to be a single file.  That is, the fsck only complained
about that file, and I'm *pretty* sure that I only needed to delete
that one file to make the problem go away.

> * What names did affected files have?

It's listed in the original problem report.

> * Were they all in the same directory, what was the name of that directory?

Just one file.  My *guess* is that it was in the root directory of
that partition, but that the partition was mounted somewhere like
"/mount/windows_f-drive/" or something like that.

> * How big was the partition that contained the files?

I don't remember - probably not super huge.  This was just one of
several partitions residing on my 60 GB laptop hard drive.  Almost
certainly smaller than 20 GB.

> * Which language was the file system?

I didn't realize they had languages.  I've always told my OS installs
that I'm using American English.