Unable to create a directory with mkdir

[stelvio03]

For s&g's.. which brand of stick is it? Perhaps it's Pups layering system? Hmm..

If your first choice is to run Slacko from the hd, make your save file an ext3.

And make sure the Win drive's defragged before creation..

Tonight I'll try.

Thank you

I tried, but without success.
I tried mkdir /tmp/empty and it works perfectly.

Feel free to suggest me every possibile, but sensible, test I can run on the hdd frugal installation.

Thank you

Andrea

[Semme]

Your response is misleading. Ext3 without success?

Make dir works? Under what conditions?

I tried, but without success. I tried mkdir /tmp/empty and it works perfectly.

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Which program created the partitions here:

2 NTFS and 1 FAT32

[stelvio03]

Your response is misleading. Ext3 without success?

Make dir works? Under what conditions?

I tried, but without success. I tried mkdir /tmp/empty and it works perfectly.

==

Which program created the partitions here:

2 NTFS and 1 FAT32

Sorry for the misleading answer.
1. Ext3 didn't solve the problem.
2. mkdir /tmp/empty worked under the same conditions mkdir /var/empty .
3. I think it was done a lot of time ago with windows disk management tool
4. I have a doubt: after I created the ext3 savefile, I copied all the content from the old ext2 savefile to the new ext3.

[Semme]

I don't know Pup intimately enough to say whether your issue's Pups layering system or the kernel itself.

Perhaps you need some kind of patch.. something Rerwin was getting at? I don't have an explanation.

Were you hinting at something here? Those badblocks links I left should cover the bases..

Feel free to suggest me every possibile, but sensible, test I can run..

Furthermore, you'll wanna run any of those from a *live* boot: puppy pfix=ram

[stelvio03]

I solved the problem.
I created a new savefile (ext2), increased the size, and then I copied the content of the old savefile to the new one, except the /var directory.
It works without any problem.
Is there an automated way to copy data from a savefile to another ?
I noticed that when I shutdown the system, there some error regarding (loop) ext2 sync ....
I couldn't read, because they are displayed very fast.

[tallboy]

I believe the dirname /var/empty/ may be locked or reserved in some way.

You should check if you can make a directory in /var/ with another name.

I actually have an empty /var/empty/ dir in my LupuPlus_528, and looking at the date of creation, it is identical with some other version build dates back in 2010.

tallboy