Re: Crash reading defective cd
From: Davide Capodaglio (davidecapod_at_inwind.it)
Date: 02/27/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:38:46 GMT
> In comp.os.linux.misc Davide Capodaglio <davidecapod@inwind.it> wrote:
>> If I try to read files on a damaged cd or dvd, my system freezes
>> completely instead of reporting i/o errors; but if I try to read the
>> media through its device with readcd and not through the mounted
>> filesystem I get read errors but no crash.
>> Can this be a problem with isofs? I'm using kernel 2.6.10 vanilla.
>
> Yes it can be a problem with isofs. Not a problem exactly, but an
> undesirable failure mode.
>
> Check by copying the cd to disk and mounting it loopback. You already
> checked against readcd, but try it this way too.
>
> Then mail the iso9660 author with the example.
Anybody else reporting this??
If I am alone I could think that the problem is mine, not in isofs...
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