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To: "Paul A. Mayer" <paul@fnug.net>
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Subject: Re: Unable to mount ext2fs partition 
From: phk@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 Jan 2003 20:36:31 +0100."
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In message <3E18893F.6080009@fnug.net>, "Paul A. Mayer" writes:
>Hi,
>
>I had to install the e2fstools port before I could access my e2fs 
>partitions after installing -current.  Thereafter everything has been 
>fine.  No problems with the disk, etc.  The only thing that is a problem 
>is if your e2fs partion(s) are mounted and your system crashes or the 
>mount is uncleanly shut down.  Then I have to use a linux livecd to 
>repair the partition as the freebsd e2fsck often isn't able to clean up 
>the mess.

The kernel should probably printf a warning about this if it rejects
the mount because the filesystem is dirty.


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