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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