Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 9 Oct 2005 23:08:38 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix ext3 warning for unused var |
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On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 02:18:17PM -0600, jmerkey wrote: > If they all use the same on disk formats as their basic structure,
ext3 and reiserfs? No, they do not.
> fsck > should not return gt > 1 due to misinterpreting reiser on-disk > structures. It should say "oh not one of mine, skipping". Instead it > returns an error claiming massive corruption, and halts the system. I > just upgraded my wifes computer from Suse to RedHat FC4 and when it hits > the reiser partitions, the whole system explodes due to fsck.ext3 > misrecognizing reiser partitions.
Since when does fsck run fsck.ext3 on filesystems that are not marked as ext3 in /etc/fstab?
>I had to modify rc.sysinit and blank > the partitions with fdisk to get it to install. After it installed, I > recreated the partitions (after writing down what they were in the first > place for block #'s etc.) and disabled rc.sysinit checks. This is > busted. Hans needs to fix fsck.ext3 and submit a patch or redhat does.
Sorry, but I doubt that Hans or anybody in RH knows how to patch wetware, let alone one as messed up as yours. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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