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Date:      Thu, 22 May 2003 21:54:22 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs mkfs.c
Message-ID:  <20030522185422.GA51941@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <200305221838.h4MIcsnQ058981@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200305221838.h4MIcsnQ058981@repoman.freebsd.org>

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At last!  Thank you!

On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 11:38:54AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> dougb       2003/05/22 11:38:54 PDT
>=20
>   FreeBSD src repository
>=20
>   Modified files:
>     sbin/newfs           mkfs.c=20
>   Log:
>   When newfs'ing a partition with UFS2 that had previously been newfs'ed
>   with UFS1, the UFS1 superblocks were not deleted. This allowed any
>   RELENG_4 (or other non-UFS2-aware) fsck to think it knew how to "fix"
>   the file system, resulting in severe data scrambling.
>  =20
>   This patch is a more advanced version than the one originally submitted.
>   Lukas improved it based on feedback from Kirk, and testing by me. It
>   blanks all UFS1 superblocks (if any) during a UFS2 newfs, thereby causi=
ng
>   fsck's that are not UFS2 aware to generate the "SEARCH FOR ALTERNATE
>   SUPER-BLOCK FAILED" message, and exit without damaging the fs.
>  =20
>   PR:             bin/51619
>   Submitted by:   Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>
>   Reviewed by:    kirk
>   Approved by:    re (scottl)
>  =20
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.77      +24 -0     src/sbin/newfs/mkfs.c

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