Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:47:44 -0600 | From | jmerkey <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix ext3 warning for unused var |
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Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 23:08:38 BST, Al Viro said: > > > >>Since when does fsck run fsck.ext3 on filesystems that are not marked >>as ext3 in /etc/fstab? >> >> > >Part of the problem is that if a partition is formatted with mkfs.ext3, >it gets an ext3 magic number scribbled at a known offset into the partition. >If you then reformat it with mkfs.reiserfs, that scribbles a different >magic number elsewhere on the partition, but leaves the ext3 magic number >intact. As a result, if you forget to update /etc/fstab, fsck.ext3 checks >for its magic number, finds it, concludes it's probably an ext3, and then >discovers that everything is totally scrogged..... > >Yes, it's pilot error, but it's definitely hitting your feet with much larger >caliber rounds than you would have expected... :) > >
Yep. Needs to get fixed because when you upgrade from a reiserfs system and try to keep the reiserfs partitions and add a new hard drive (+1) to an existing system, you run the risk of corrupting resiferfs partitions.
Jeff
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