Re: [Gumstix-users] Transfer root_fs_arm to MMC Round 2 -> FS full - fatal behaviour...

[Craig H. <cr...@hu...>]

On Feb 27, 2005, at 7:12 AM, ca...@t-... wrote:

> Hello,
>
>> WARNING:  If you fill up the flash you may not be able to recover by
>> removing the offending file.  For Example the root_fs_arm filled the 
>> flash
>> but was incomplete.  When I tried to remove the file, the file system
>> complained not enought flash space.  I used rm -f the remove the file 
>> and
>> this broke the file system.  On the next boot I got and CRC error on 
>> the
>> file system.
>
> you write in the previous email, that problem with mounting is fixed,
> but this (fatal) behaviour is still not ok in my opinion.
> Is this a general problem with Linux ?

Yes, this appears to be a problem with the JFFS2 driver.  There might 
be a work-around possible by reserving some space or something.  Of 
course, this wouldn't be a problem if logged in as a user instead of 
logging in as root, since the OS will reserve 10% of the volume for 
privileged use.  You're not running your apps as root, right ;)

C