Re: WARNING Re: SYSENTER based syscalls patch, 2.1.105, RFC

Myrdraal (myrdraal@jackalz.dyn.ml.org)
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:33:32 -0400


On Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 10:23:43PM +0100, Nix wrote:
Hi,
> > Try 2.1.42 to find out what is meant by
> > severe filesystem corruption.
> As a matter of interest[1] what was wrong with 2.1.42? I've heard
> it mentioned in passing as a horror story many times, but I still
> don't know what was actually wrong with it.
> [snip]
Actually, it was 2.1.44, not 2.1.42... What was wrong with it is that it
mangled filesystems a bit. I ran it for a few days, and e2fsck managed
to fix my filesystems.
-Myrdraal

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