1.5.24 format.com hangs through ssh
srp
sean_pierce@symantec.com
Mon Dec 3 22:55:00 GMT 2007
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
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> srp010 wrote:
>> On Cygwin 1.6e on Windows 2003 Server EE format.com hangs formatting a
>
>
> There is no "Cygwin 1.6e". The current Cygwin DLL package version is
> 1.5.24. This package's version is typically the one reported if there's
> reason to suspect that the issue may be part of the POSIX emulation layer.
>
>
>> Veritas Volume when performed through ssh connection. Format can be
>> interrupted
>> without issue but no progress is made after format asks "Proceed with
>> Format
>> (Y/N)?". strace of the pid also hangs.
>
>> Here is output of the cmd:
>> ./format Z: The type of file system is NTFS
>>
>> WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DSIK DRIVE Z: WILL BE LOST!
>> Proceed with Format (Y/N)? y
>> --Hang--
>>
>> Problem scenario:
>> ssh to Cygwin 1.6e on Windows box
>> Create disk group
>> Create Volume
>> Assign drive letter
>> format <hang>
>>
>> This scenario succeeds when performed on the system via DOS or Cygwin
>> window.
>> Once the volume has been formatted successfully format via ssh connection
>> no longer hangs.
>>
>> Windows and Cygwin are not my usual haunts. Google has offered little
>> help. I would be interested in any assistance in debugging and solving
>> this
>> problem.
>
>
> My WAG is that you're not experiencing a hang at all. You just don't see
> the output of format.com when it ends. This is a known issue with
> DOS/Windows apps. They don't understand ptys, which is what you're using
> when you connect via 'ssh' to the machine. If you wait long enough, I'll
> bet you'll find the format completes, even though you get no feedback
> indicating that. Just a WAG though. I don't have a disk here that I feel
> like I want to format as a test. ;-)
>
>
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