Re: [PATCH] Fix ext3 warning for unused var

[jmerkey <jmerkey@utah-nac.org>]

Al Viro wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 02:18:17PM -0600, jmerkey wrote:
>  
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> > 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, <----

Is this the new "official" non-official slang word for Suse Linux?

Jeff


> let alone one as messed up as yours.
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>  

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