X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Robert Pendell Subject: Re: 1.5.24 format.com hangs through ssh Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:48:55 -0500 Lines: 74 Message-ID: References: <120320072211.2441.47547F1A000B21E0000009892216566276CFCECF9F9D9C@comcast.net> <475484D4.50807@cygwin.com> <47548955.1030703@symantec.com> <475581D6.7070205@symantec.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) In-Reply-To: <475581D6.7070205@symantec.com> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071204-1, 12/04/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com I meant that for some reason format.com wasn't sufficient. It was formatted but not really. Kinda hard to explain. It wasn't until I used disk management to do it that it was ok. The environment I used should be equivalent to a real machine. srp wrote: > Thanks for your effort Robert. I was hoping that my Cygwin environment > was somehow to blame. > > What did you mean that formatting alone was not sufficient? I was able > to read and write to the drive once the format was complete. > > -srp > > Robert Pendell wrote: >> srp wrote: >>> Thanks Larry. Version Updated. 1.5.24 is correct. >>> >>> You WAG wrong however. Once the Volume has been formated in a native >>> Cygwin window I can format successfully via SSH and all output is >>> displayed. >>> >>> With a newly created tiny volume the hang last in excess of an hour >>> and should complete in second. >>> >>> -srp >>> >> >> Ok. I have a couple of Virtual Machines setup here for testing >> purposes and such so I setup a cygwin install on the XP one (snapshot >> before hand so it can revert back clean) and installed a base cygwin >> setup with openssh. Then I installed the server and set it up as a >> service. I also turned off the firewall on it (no one can access it >> outside of the network anyways). I did not do anything special but it >> has 2 virtual hard drives to it. A 1 GB one was added to the virtual >> machine and I created one unformatted partition that did not have any >> particular partition type setup. Therefore it just showed up as RAW >> for now. I then had to format it but I tried this via SSH. >> >> It got stuck right after the line that shows "Proceed with Format >> (Y/N)?" same as the OP. The same command worked fine once I formatted >> the partition locally via Disk Management. This does not appear to be >> a WAG (lack of tty support) issue though as this partition formats >> quickly (under 10 seconds) when done locally but I waited at least a >> minute for it to complete without success. Please note that >> formatting using the format command locally wasn't sufficient. It had >> to be done via Disk Management for some reason. Both quick formats >> and regular formats got stuck. Format.com is listed in the processes >> during this with zero activity and no disk activity is being reported >> by the Virtual Machine. Last but not least once it is formatted via >> Disk Management it works fine via a SSH session with all output coming >> back on the tty. >> >> My own cygcheck.out is attached here. >> >> Operating System: Windows XP SP2 (all updates installed) >> Cygwin Version: 1.5.24 (latest) >> Stock install with only openssh (+ dependencies) and nano installed >> >> Any tests you want me to do I am more than willing to. The >> environment is there to test out scenarios. >> >> Robert Pendell >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/