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Date:      Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:45:07 +1000
From:      Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org>
To:        "Peter C. Lai" <peter@simons-rock.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gconcat file system damage
Message-ID:  <4AA9C7C3.1000007@modulus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090911034253.GM81123@cesium.hyperfine.info>
References:  <A8C66415-67AC-482D-B1DD-CBC155C4A41E@solfertje.student.utwente.nl> <15274_1252628653_4AA998AD_15274_284_1_4AA99819.9000601@modulus.org> <20090911034253.GM81123@cesium.hyperfine.info>

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Peter C. Lai wrote:
> What is the status of growfs(8) then?

As far as I can tell, it doesn't work reliably with UFS2 partitions, and 
it doesn't work at all with large partitions.

People who do try to use it, can end up with corrupted filesystems... 
and the code is currently unmaintained.

- Andrew



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