From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 20 23:26:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BED0837B401 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:26:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD82843E42 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:26:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18Eliw-00078E-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 07:26:06 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id DA3D15107 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:26:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id E5D781FFC for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:25:55 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 33043225F4; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:25:56 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:25:56 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confirmation: ext2fs requires kernel rebuild? Message-ID: <20021121072556.GB1590@raggedclown.net> References: <20021119100625.GC679@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20021121035034.GA2591@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:12:12PM -0500, Chris Pepper wrote: > At 7:50 PM -0800 2002/11/20, David Schultz wrote: > >Thus spake Chris Pepper : > LINT says: > ># > ># Add support for the EXT2FS filesystem of Linux fame. Be a bit > ># careful with this - the ext2fs code has a tendency to lag behind > ># changes and not be exercised very much, so mounting read/write could > ># be dangerous (and even mounting read only could result in panics.) > ># > >options EXT2FS > This message has been in LINT since the dawn of time and is extremely mystifying. "Be a bit careful" .. meaning what ? You either mount it or don't mount it, use it or don't use it. What exactly are you supposed to be careful of :) Saying "Boo!". I don't actually use it, but there have been occasional emails, and some published stuff that says it works fine. Just be a bit careful ! -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message