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1 frodo 286 The Debian Package kernel-patch-fat-epoc
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3    
4     ***IMPORTANT***
5     This package is renamed kernel-patch-fat-epoc. The old package, called
6     kernel-patch-fat-old, should not be used anymore. The mount option for
7     2.6 kernels, previously called `oldfat' is renamed `epoc'.
8     ***IMPORTANT***
9    
10    
11     In the FAT standard the end of the directory file index is marked by 00.
12     All entries after it should be ignored. The current FAT implementation
13     ignores such marked entries, but continues scanning the directory. This
14     is good enough for most FAT implementations, because they also mark all
15     remaining entries after the last with a 00 byte.
16    
17     The filesystem implementation of EPOC 5 (and probably of newer versions
18     of EPOC) does not clear old entries after the end of the directory file
19     index. This means that without this patch, Linux will show old previously
20     deleted or even never assigned entries.
21    
22     This patch will affect FAT-based filesystems. Examples are filesystems
23     of the type `msdos' or `vfat'.
24    
25     The patch for 2.6 kernels is not active, unless you specify the epoc mount
26     option. For example:
27     mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/psion-epioc -t vfat -o epoc
28    
29     The patch for 2.4 kernels has some known issues. All FAT-based partitions
30     will use the new policy; there is no mount option. In most cases it should
31     work well enough; if you want to be completely safe, mount FAT-based
32     partitions read-only.
33    
34     Install this package, and compile the kernel with the proper settings.
35     For example:
36     export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=YES
37     make-kpkg clean
38     make-kpkg binary
39     make-kpkg modules_clean
40     make-kpkg modules_image
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42    
43     Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:53:06 +0100

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