Re: ext2 fs not properly updated upon dismount.
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
16 Jun 1998 11:01:18 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.m3pvg9igge.fsf@k0817.kampsax.dtu.dk>,
Anders Melchiorsen <and@kampsax.dtu.dk> wrote:
>dwguest@win.tue.nl (Guest section DW) writes:
>
>> > I believe the partition type should be 82 (Linux swap).
>>
>> NOTHING in the kernel should depend on a partition type.
>
>I think it is reasonable to assume that fsck will get confused if a
>swap partition is marked as containing an ext2 file system.
But fsck doesn't look at partition tables, so how would it know?
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david parsons \bi/ I suspect not very many people do e2fsck on their
\/ swap devices.
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