Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:10:27 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com> Subject: Re: New newfs vs. half-baked disks patch Message-ID: <20031112110823.V1618@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200311111339.30853.wes@softweyr.com> References: <200311111339.30853.wes@softweyr.com>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Wes Peters wrote: > I re-did the patch using a differing magic number, as suggested. This > approach works quite nicely. The patch is smaller and does more with > no kernel mods. Thanks for listening to me :-). > This patch includes a change to fsck so it will recognize an incomplete > newfs filesystem, exiting with a unique status (11) and issuing the > message "This volume is incomplete, run newfs again." No comma splices please. > The patch to newfs includes the -E flag to generate error conditions; > these changes will be committed separately. Barring lack of > objections, I'd like to commit this tomorrow. Detailed comments in private mail. Bruce
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