2004-11-05 19:57:32

by Nick Warne

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Subject: ext2/3 issue 2.6 vs 2.4 kernels

I do not know if this is related, but input anyway.

I moved from RH 2.4.x kernel -> 2.6.x. kernel on my box. After a lot of
upgrades to most system stuff

( http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/RedHat_2.4_To_2.6_Kernel_Upgrade )

I found FDISK broke and reported wrong disk sectors etc. A lot of Googling
revealed it was indeed a bug of sorts (I think), and an upgrade sorted it
(file-utils)

Now whether FDISK is used in this I do not know.

Nick
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2004-11-08 20:52:33

by dan carpenter

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Subject: Re: ext2/3 issue 2.6 vs 2.4 kernels

>
> Do you use EAs and SELinux security extensions under 2.6? This can
> make symlinks appear to be "slow" symlinks because of the added EA
> block, and that will cause them to point into nothingness under 2.4.
>
> Cheers, Andreas

Yes. You are correct. That's what's happenning.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=137068

John Reiser sent me the bugzilla link in an email.

regards,
dan carpenter


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