Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261719AbTKKCyG (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:54:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264225AbTKKCyG (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:54:06 -0500 Received: from note.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU ([129.94.242.24]:9669 "HELO note.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261719AbTKKCyE (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:54:04 -0500 From: Neil Brown To: "Joseph Shamash" Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:53:46 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16304.20282.545345.360177@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: "Peter Chubb" , Subject: RE: 2 TB partition support In-Reply-To: message from Joseph Shamash on Monday November 10 References: <16304.19406.995702.451479@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 21.3.1 X-face: [Gw_3E*Gng}4rRrKRYotwlE?.2|**#s9D > >I've only created a 2.4.20 patch;... > > I seem to remember there was a bug for the 2.4.20 kernel. IIRC, it had > something to do with unmounting a filesystem and losing data, if the data > was still in the cache. Is this true? Can I find a patch for this, if it is > true? > Only true (as far as I know) if using ext3 (and possibly other restrictions). Patches at: http://www.zipworld.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ NeilBrown - 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/