> However, I didn't think it was the kernel's fault: you really _should_
> fsck your fs's before mounting. I'm not sure how this should be solved;
> doesn't ext2 panic if a similarly fatal corruption is encountered?
No. Linux is *NOT* supposed to crash on broken filesystem. It does
crash, sometimes, but it is _BUG_, always.
[Well, other question is if that bug is worth hunting.]
Pavel
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