Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:35:48 +0200 (EET) From: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> To: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3/12/1998 KERNEL TEST RESULT Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980319092909.5832D-100000@solaris> In-Reply-To: <19980318235036.51789@mcs.net>
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On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Karl Denninger wrote: > Hello again, > > Just in case you're wondering, my regression tests against the 3/12/98 > kernel are complete, and it is ok - at least at the filesystem level. > > Again, if you're running -CURRENT, I strongly recommend backing out to the > 3/12/98 revision of the kernel immediately if you are running anything > with a later date. > > This will be my last note on this topic until I have determined that > it is safe to use a more "Current" CURRENT. > > One last time - if you are running a CURRENT kernel built after this point, > you are risking severe and unrecoverable damage to any locally-mounted UFS > filesystems. > > If you do a "make world" and actually get through it with such a kernel (the > odds are against this), you will be very, very fortunate if what you install > as a consequence of that "make world" boots when you are done! > > The problem includes destruction of BOTH metadata (ie: inode, directory, etc) > AND file data. The first will get fixed (for the most part) by FSCK. The > second is COMPLETELY undetectable and absolutely will screw you if you run > into it. > > Back out to 3/12 and it appears that you're safe from my testing here. *** Sorry, I'm emitting wrong info to the -current mailing list. I run 98.03.14 date system without any problems so far, but based to your last message safe way is 98.03.12 dated kernel. So, folks, please don't use 98.03.14 kernel based system as I suggest. This is a big mistake emitting mail to the list before reading latest messages. :-( Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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