On 2007-07-01, Ken P wrote:
> Does anyone have this problem on Slackware -current when trying to
> check a floppy having ext2 FS:
>
> # e2fsck -v /dev/fd0
> e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
> Error determining size of the physical device: Device or resource busy


From http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2f...ease.html#1.40

Fix e2fsck get_size logic so that it will work with the Linux floppy
driver. The Linux floppy driver is a bit different from the other block
device drivers, in that if the device has been opened with O_EXCL, it
disallows another open(), even if the second open() does not have the
O_EXCL flag. (Addresses Debian Bug: #410569)

Of course, that upgrade's *probably* not going to happen for 12.0, as
it's *much* too close to release, and e2fsprogs-1.39 is otherwise
well-tested and stable. Since the bug is biting you, you might consider
pulling the source and building a package yourself with the SlackBuild
script and associated files in the source/ directory on the Slackware
mirror.

RW

Robby Workman wrote:
> On 2007-07-01, Ken P wrote:
>> Does anyone have this problem on Slackware -current when trying to
>> check a floppy having ext2 FS:
>>
>> # e2fsck -v /dev/fd0
>> e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
>> Error determining size of the physical device: Device or resource busy
>
>
> From http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2f...ease.html#1.40
>
> Fix e2fsck get_size logic so that it will work with the Linux floppy
> driver. The Linux floppy driver is a bit different from the other block
> device drivers, in that if the device has been opened with O_EXCL, it
> disallows another open(), even if the second open() does not have the
> O_EXCL flag. (Addresses Debian Bug: #410569)
>
> Of course, that upgrade's *probably* not going to happen for 12.0, as
> it's *much* too close to release, and e2fsprogs-1.39 is otherwise
> well-tested and stable. Since the bug is biting you, you might consider
> pulling the source and building a package yourself with the SlackBuild
> script and associated files in the source/ directory on the Slackware
> mirror.
>


Thanks, that fixes the problem.

# e2fsck -v /dev/fd0
e2fsck 1.40 (29-Jun-2007)
/dev/fd0: clean, 16/184 files, 154/1440 blocks

Ken P