Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:46:58 -0700 (PDT) | From | Chris Mason <> | Subject | Re: ReiserFS patch for 2.4.0-test2 |
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Tony Hoyle wrote:
> Chris Mason wrote: > > > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Juan Casero wrote: > > > > > Hi - > > > > > > May I ask if the reiserfs patch for the 2.40-test kernels is useable? I know > > > the whole spiel about the 2.40-test2 kernels being development kernels but I > > > find them to be fairly stable for desktop use. I currenty have a Mandrake 7.1 > > > system with a ReiserFS root partition. I want to run the newer 2.4.0-test > > > series of kernels because of the improve support for my IDE chipset but I need > > > to make sure that the patch won't trash my root file system altogether. Please > > > don't take offense at my question since I know I am wading into deep water here. > > > > > Remember that the reiserfs patches for 2.4.x are only experimental and are unreliable > according to the readme that comes with them. Also reiserfsck is not finished yet for > this version (a sore point with me as it has already corrupted a couple of directories...) >
Ummm, it isn't supposed to corrupt directories. Could you give some details on how it happened?
-chris
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