Re: ext3 root partitions bad?
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 09:52, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It's my understanding that SILO cannot handle a dirty ext3 root
> partition as it really only understands ext2. Is this correct? If
> so, I think the sparc install docs should mention that at least your
> root should be ext2; ext3 (or some other fs) is ok for the rest of
> your partitions.
Attached is a patch to allow SILO to handle a dirty ext3 root partition.
I'm pretty sure Ben C. has seen this already.
~spot
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--- second/fs/ext2.c.old Mon Jan 28 03:43:50 2002
+++ second/fs/ext2.c Mon Jan 28 03:45:01 2002
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
return;
}
#endif
- printf ("Unknown ext2 error");
+ printf ("Unknown ext2 error: %d", errcode);
}
static int open_ext2 (char *device)
{
int retval;
- retval = ext2fs_open (device, EXT2_FLAG_RW, 0, 0, silo_io_manager, &fs);
+ retval = ext2fs_open (device, EXT2_FLAG_DIRTY, 0, 0, silo_io_manager, &fs);
if (retval == EXT2_ET_BAD_MAGIC)
return 0;
if (retval) {
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