Re: [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3
Olivier Galibert <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.file-systems,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.comp.file-systems.ext2.devel |
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On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:06:51PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 02:49:32AM +0200, Sven-Haegar Koch wrote: > > I see a different problem with "ext3 + extends is not ext3 anymore" when > > the feature goes mainstream: > > - user with old distri, no extends in use, no kernel support for them > > - user has some kind of problem > > - uses new rescue disk (aka knoppix at the time of problem) - that then > > is current stuff, and certainly uses extents - fixes problem on disk > > (may be a simple as running lilo/grub from chroot, happens often for me) > > - tries to boot back into his distri -> *boom* he lost > > Incorrect, because unless you explicitly enable the use of extents, > the mere act of using a new kernel such as might be found on knoppix > will not result in the filesystem utilizing the extent feature. And how shall the rescue/live CD know whether to use the feature? OG. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html