[ECOS] Re: fatfs help.

[Savin Zlobec]

David Brennan wrote:

> I am using fatfs on i386 pc ide device and am having a problem. I was 
> wondering if you could point me in the right direction for a solution.
>
> First, I am not a FS genius, nor a FAT expert. So please bear with me.
>
> If I unlink a file in eCos, a "dir" from within eCos shows the file 
> missing.
> When I reboot the system into FreeDos (0.9rc5, if that matters) the 
> file is still in the directory listing.
> Rebooting back into the eCos app still shows the file missing (it's 
> not a cached fat table issue).
>
> Is the problem most likely eCos fatfs, pc-ide driver, FreeDos?
>
> Any tips on how to narrow the problem down would be greatly 
> appreciated. I know I could turn on some of the tracing in the fatfs, 
> but I still wouldn't be able to read/understand that. But if someone 
> else can decode it, I can provide the data.
>
> The fat file system was formatted originally with MS-DOS 6.22. The 
> drive has been converted to FreeDos 0.9rc5 kernel, but never 
> reformatted. It is a 192MB CF card.


Did you try to read the CF in anodher system (linux or windows) ?

Does this error also occour with an CF formatted from linux or windows ?

Do you use the fatfs from CVS or some newer version (I posted some 
patches on ecos-patches list) ?

Can you provide a test case in form of a small program wich creates and 
deletes a file ?

Alternatively if you send me the trace output I'll check it.

savin

-- 
Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos
and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss