Bug#583870: inconsistencies in ext3 file systems

[Toni Müller <support@oeko.net>]

On 11/29/2011 12:38 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Note that "e2image -r" only writes metadata (using holes in place of
>> actual data), so "e2image -r <device> - | bzip2 > corrupted.e2i.bz2"
>> may not be too large if the metadata is not too complex.  If you want
>> to avoid revealing filenames, the "-s" option to e2image can help.
> 
> Now that I look at the manual more closely, "e2image -Q" might be more
> convenient.

I don't see -Q mentioned in the man page. You mean, I should backport
the e2image from Wheezy (where it first seems to appear) to Etch (the
affected system)? Any gotchas that I should be aware of?

Kind regards,
--Toni++