[wplug] usb disks on fedora core... (resolved i believe)

John Harrold jmh17 at pitt.edu
Tue Nov 30 16:34:23 EST 2004


Sometime in November jo2y at midnightlinux.com assaulted the keyboard and produced:

| Have you tried running fsck.msdos on this device?


I think this was the problem. I ran fsck.msdos with the -a option to fix
whatever problems it found. These were the things it fixed:

/tracks.txt
  File size is 84620 bytes, cluster chain length is > 90112 bytes.
  Truncating file to 84620 bytes.
/MUSIC/los_hombres_calientes/los_hombres_calientes-vol_3_new_congo_square-04-brother_gettin_caught_mark_s_groove_part_2.mp3
  File size is 5906079 bytes, cluster chain length is 3276800 bytes.
  Truncating file to 3276800 bytes.
/tracks.txt  and
/MUSIC/los_hombres_calientes/los_hombres_calientes-vol_3_new_congo_square-09-el_negro_part_1.mp3
  share clusters.
  Truncating second to 0 bytes.
/MUSIC/los_hombres_calientes/los_hombres_calientes-vol_3_new_congo_square-09-el_negro_part_1.mp3
  File size is 940229 bytes, cluster chain length is 843776 bytes.
  Truncating file to 843776 bytes.
/MUSIC/los_hombres_calientes/.los_hombres_calientes-vol_3_new_congo_square-04-brother_gettin_caught_mark_s_groove_part_2.mp3.0qfHCg
  File size is 4251648 bytes, cluster chain length is > 4251648 bytes.
  Truncating file to 4251648 bytes.
/MUSIC/los_hombres_calientes/los_hombres_calientes-vol_3_new_congo_square-04-brother_gettin_caught_mark_s_groove_part_2.mp3  
  and /MUSIC/butthole_surfers/butthole_surfers-independent_worm_saloon-15-edgar.mp3
  share clusters.
  Truncating second to 0 bytes.
/MUSIC/butthole_surfers/butthole_surfers-independent_worm_saloon-15-edgar.mp3
  File size is 4291001 bytes, cluster chain length is 1015808 bytes.
  Truncating file to 1015808 bytes.
Reclaiming unconnected clusters.
Reclaimed 738 unused clusters (6045696 bytes) in 2 chains.
Checking free cluster summary.
Free cluster summary wrong (1579235 vs. really 1578921)
  Auto-correcting.
Performing changes.
/dev/sdc1: 1774 files, 860570/2439491 clusters

After it was done I deleted the files and recopied them over. It seems to be
working now --- at least it stays read/writeable ;).

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