Hi guys:
I have a arm plus linux2.6.24 platform attached with one hard disk.
There is a strange phenomena when the vfat filesystem is used.
Here is the log:
root /lib/modules/2.6.24-186-g43e77a6/kernel/drivers/ide$ fdisk /dev/hda -l

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77520 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 19377 9765976+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 19378 77520 29304072 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
root /lib/modules/2.6.24-186-g43e77a6/kernel/drivers/ide$
root /lib/modules/2.6.24-186-g43e77a6/kernel/drivers/ide$ mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
root /lib/modules/2.6.24-186-g43e77a6/kernel/drivers/ide$ mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2
root /lib/modules/2.6.24-186-g43e77a6/kernel/drivers/ide$ df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mtdblock2 98304 49308 48996 50% /
tmpfs 63152 56 63096 0% /dev
rwfs 512 20 492 4% /mnt/rwfs
rwfs 512 20 492 4% /tmp
rwfs 512 20 492 4% /var
/dev/hda1 1046516 4 1046512 0% /mnt/hda1
/dev/hda2 1046516 4 1046512 0% /mnt/hda2
root /lib/modules/2.6.24-186-g43e77a6/kernel/drivers/ide$


Any suggestiongs are appreciated.

Do anyone have some suggestions about this strange phenomena?

Only vfat have this issue, there is no such kind of issue when ext2/3 are used.