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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 12:09:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To: Andreas Klemm <akl@klemm.apsfilter.org>
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Subject: Re: Restoring superblock backup?
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Andreas Klemm wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 12:41:58AM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> > After the fs has been repaired, the alternate sb is not copied to the
> > default sb (currently).
> 
> This doesn't sound valid. It would mean, if your suberblock has
> crashed and you use the alternate, then every subsequent fsck
> run would fail and need manual operation to use the alternate
> superblock.

This is indeed the current (bad) behavior, hence my original request for a
workaround.  I'm working on a patch.

-Nate


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