On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 12:47:25PM -0500, Russell Cattelan wrote:
> Yes that is the main problem with running any of the xfs utils
> on a non xfs kernel.
> Running xfs_repair with a non block set size capable kernel
> probably caused more damage to your file system
> than originally had.
I'd suggest a few sanity checks, then--if the program's running
on a kernel that can't do so safely, warn loudly and require a --force,
since this isn't obvious.
> I would grab the boot.img from the 1.0 installer on the ftp site and
> use that kernel + xfs_repair on a floppy.
> The 1.0 installer iso can be used for repair as is has xfs_repair in
> the second stage.
I'll give them a try. Thanks.
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Glenn Maynard
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