Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Dec 2000 15:34:09 +0100 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: [Fwd: NTFS repair tools] |
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 02:43:42PM +0100, David Weinehall wrote: > On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:19:46AM -0500, David Relson wrote: > > At 11:54 PM 12/7/00, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> No amount of warnings can prevent morons from f**king up. Unix gives > you enough rope et al. I'm not arguing for removal of any warning, but > seriously, if we have a loud (DANGEROUS) warning in the config-system > aaaaaand a warning in the help-text that the write-support probably will > mess up your fs, how much more can you do? I bet that if we remove the
Well, simply insert sth. like this into ./fs/ntfs/fs.c:parse_options()
printk(KERN_EMERG "You're likely to crash your NTFS if you do any " "write attempts to it. NTFS write support is broken and for " "developers *only*. Do only use this if you're debugging it, " "never ever use this on data you'd like to see tomorrow " "again!!! Please remount in read-only mode *now* or don't " "complain afterwards!");
Maybe that can prevent pupils^H^H^H^H^Heople from shooting their foots...
MfG, JBG
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