>I haven't had time to test this with 2.0.x or 2.1.44-pre3, but I'm
>currently unable to remove directories on msdos/vfat partitions.
>
>Any attempt to do so complains of "device of resource busy", regardless
>of whether the directory was made under Windog or Linux.
>
>Also - any files written under Linux are flagged read-only, it seems.
>
>All on /dev/hd?, various vfat and msdos partitions. P120, etc. S/w
>mostly RH4.1. New alpha first-time dcache thing enabled.
>
>Matthew.
>
>PS. A little further investigation revealed that the mapsort program was
> causing running processes to enter D-state.
>
Confirmed. 2.1.44-pre3 is broken too, Linus has been alerted and I hope
this problem is now well known.
Alberto