> > Yes. Ext2 will panic the kernel even if it can't read a block on a floppy.
> > I NEVER use ext2 floppies because of this.
>
> man mount:
>
> errors=continue / errors=remount-ro / errors=panic
> Define the behaviour when an error is encountered.
> (Either ignore errors and just mark the file system
> erroneous and continue, or remount the file system
> read-only, or panic and halt the system.) The
> default is set in the filesystem superblock, and
> can be changed using tune2fs(8).
I've tried all three, and the result is the same. Periodically, the IDE drive
refused to read certain sectors, and regardless of the "Errors behavior"
option, it'd still die horribly.
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