Re: ext2 fs not properly updated upon dismount.

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 17:30:07 -0400 (EDT)

>
> Is it possible that the problem is at shutdown, that the unmount(8) is
> mistaking /dev/sdc2 for a filesystem that needs to be unmounted
> (since it does appear in fstab), and then dying a silent death before
> it can unmount other partitions?
>
> It might be useful to do a series of explit unmounts at shutdown time,
> or to make sure you don't unmount proc and do a "cat /proc/mounts"
> after the unmount utility has run to be sure it's really done its
> job...

I booted with init! I mounted the root-fs r/w with my own two fists!
I set some paths, started update, and compiled the kernel.
I dismounted the drive.
I booted with init and fscked the drive. It was fine.
I mounted the root-fs r/w, enabled swap, started update, then compiled the
kernel.
I dismounted the drive.
I booted with init and fscked the drive. It was bad. Very bad.
It is repeatable on three systems.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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