Subject: Re: Bug involving mdir
From: Jim Cole (greyleaf@yggdrasill.net)
Date: Tue Dec 14 1999 - 12:15:07 MST
Seems like it should, unless it is just some strange problem with my
machine. My install is pretty generic, so I don't think there is anything
funky about my configuration. If there is anything I can do to help nail
down the problem, please let me know.
Jim
Stephen Edie's bits of Tue, 14 Dec 1999 translated to:
> I guess this goes on record as a bug?? :)
>
> Stephen
>
> Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> Yellow Dog Linux
> "The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
>
>
> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Jim Cole wrote:
>
> > Like you, I don't even have a floppy drive connected to the machine. I just
> > tried it again with the same result. Specifically, I entered
> >
> > mdir tmp/blah
> >
> > as a non-root user in a kvt terminal. The system locked up for about 2 minutes
> > and then rebooted.
> >
> > There is nothing particularly unique about the system. 99% of what is
> > installed either came directly off of YD CD or the YD site.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Stephen Edie's bits of Thu, 9 Dec 1999 translated to:
> >
> > > Hmm, I just 'bravely' tried it on my system without a floppy disk (or a
> > > floppy drive for that matter) and it did what I would expect it to do.
> > > "Can't open /dev/fd0: No such device\nCannot initialize 'A:'"
> > >
> > > Did you have a floppy disk in the drive when you typed, err mistyped it?
> > >
> > > Stephen
> > >
> > > Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> > > Yellow Dog Linux
> > > "The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
> > > http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Jim Cole wrote:
> > >
> > > > While attempting to create a directory, I had a finger glitch and ended up
> > > > typing mdir <somedir> rather than mkdir <somedir>. The result was that it
> > > > completely toasted the system. Everything locked up rock solid. I went to
> > > > another room and tried to log into the machine with no luck. When I got
> > > > back, the machine was rebooting.
> > > >
> > > > Is this a known issue? Seems a pretty stiff penalty for a typo as a
> > > > non-root user ;) Good thing I don't actually need mtools.
> > > >
> > > > This problem occurred on a PowerBook G3 (Lombard) installed with CS 1.1
> > > > and the "experimental" 2.2.12 kernel released for YellowDog.
> > > >
> > > > Linux freyr.yggdrasill.net 2.2.12-2 #1 Fri Oct 8 18:07:08 MDT 1999 ppc
> > > > unknown
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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