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SubjectRe: Ext-2fs volume support (patch)

> > WARNING: Please keep in mind that this is a very experimental
> > patch. This patch may crash your information. Be extremely
> > careful. Do not use it for your work machine. Test this code only
> > on a developement machine or in a scratch disk.
>
> Hint: Create a bunch of files (say four 8MB ones) with "dd"", and use
> the loop device to make them look like block devices. Format them,
> and play with them :-) I don't recommend you put them on a fs you
> are afraid to use (just being paranoid).

The problem is that this code is what you will be using for your
regular file system access, so, if I introduced a bug in the generic
code, well, uhm, ahem, you will suffer the problems of this as well:-)

Miguel.

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