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- From: card@masi.ibp.fr (Remy CARD)
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- Subject: [comp.os.linux] New ext fs programs
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- Date: 14 Aug 1992 11:09:52 GMT
- Organization: Laboratoire MASI - Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris - France
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- Archive-name: auto/comp.os.linux/New-ext-fs-programs
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- A new version (alpha 5) of the ext fs programs (efsck and mkefs) is
- now available on ftp-masi.ibp.fr:pub/linux/extfs. I have also uploaded it
- to tsx-11.mit.edu and I hope that, soon, a directory pub/linux/ALPHA/extfs
- will contain it.
-
- efsck and mkefs have been changed to not use a file for bad blocks.
- Bad blocks are now contained in an inode which does not appear in the file
- tree so there is no more risk of deleting it or backing it up. Also, efsck
- supports two new options -t for testing the fs for bad blocks and -S for
- salvaging the free inodes/blocks lists even if they do not contain any
- error.
-
- Some minor bugs have been fixed and optimizations have been included
- in these two programs : they should use less memory when they run.
-
- Thanks a lot to Wayne Davison for his work on these two programs.
-
- As usual, remember that the ext fs and these programs are still in
- tests and may contain bugs. Use them with caution !!!
-
- --
-
- Remy Card
- card@masi.ibp.fr
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