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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=736580520-09102000>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>I'm new to the list
and to mtd. I've been tasked with investigating mtd and ntfl as
a</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>replacement
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>to using
the M-Systems DOC binary driver module. We are having</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>problems with the
DOC becoming </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=736580520-09102000>corrupted, to the point where we must boot
DOS</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>and run the DOC
format command to recover. To </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=736580520-09102000>avoid having to boot DOS for</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>recovery we would
like to be able to use ntfl_format to reformat from Linux. We
are</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>using SuSE kernel
2.2.5.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>The infraread ftp
server is not responding, so I pulled the latest CVS source
and</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>tried to
compile. I got lots of errors, many involving mtd_table_mutex
and</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>DECLARE_MUTEX.
I hacked for a while, but eventually stopped because it
seems</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>like the code should
compile a lot more easily based on what I have read in the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>mailing list
archives. Does the tarball provide compiled modules? Should the
CVS</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>source compile
as-is? Will the infradead ftp server be up any time soon so I
can</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>find out by
myself?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=736580520-09102000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=736580520-09102000>thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=736580520-09102000>Dave
Wilson</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>