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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:37:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Clemmitt Sigler <siglercm@jrt.me.vt.edu>
To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.20-rc3 ext3 fsck corruption -- tool update warning needed?
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Hi Matthias,

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Matthias Andree wrote:
> > I'd been running 2.4.20-rc3 for two days.  While rebooting it tonight
> > fsck.ext3 corrupted my / partition during an automatic fsck of the
> > partition (caused by the maximal mount count being reached).
> > My system is Debian Testing, with Debian e2fsprogs version
> > 1.29+1.30-WIP-0930-1.  I use ext3 partitions with all options set to
> > the defaults (ordered data mode).
>
> Retry with 1.32. I don't think the corruption is kernel-related, but I
> may be wrong.

I just checked the Debian packages, and e2fsprogs 1.32 is available
on Debian Unstable.  If it is indeed a mismatch between Debian Testing's
e2fsprogs version and 2.4.20-rc3, Debian users should upgrade e2fsprogs
before upgrading their kernel.  Forewarned is forearmed :^)  Thanks.

					Clemmitt Sigler

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