:: Maybe it is an compiler issue.
OK, installed compat-egcs (plus a host of other RPMs required), and tried
going into single mode and exiting it again.
No problems this time. It seems that if you go into single mode on a system
compiled with gcc 2.96-81, you'll end up with a corrupt /var (just like Utz,
I had to boot into rescue mode and run xfs_check and xfs_repair on /var.
So... here's a patch for the Makefile ;-):
--- Makefile Fri May 25 15:24:36 2001
+++ Makefile.kgcc Fri May 25 15:27:37 2001
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
AS = $(CROSS_COMPILE)as
LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
-CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
-#===== NOTE =====
+#CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+# ===== NOTE =====
# egcs-2.91.66 is the recommended compiler version for building XFS.
# Most of the XFS developers are using that particular version for
# development, testing, and performance analysis work, and it will
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@
# On early versions of RedHat 7.x, kgcc is the recommended compiler
# for building the kernel (kgcc is the same as egcs-2.91.66) - if
# you use such a distribution and wish to use kgcc, uncomment this:
-#CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)kgcc
-# The default gcc with RedHat 7.1 (gcc-2.96-81) also appears to
-# generate good code, earlier versions of 2.96 are however an
-# unknown quantity and not recommended.
+CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)kgcc
+# Even though we though that the default gcc with RedHat 7.1
+# (gcc-2.96-81) would generate good code, extensive testing by
+# fearless volunteers has shown that building XFS with it will
+# cause serious file system corruption in certain circumstances.
+# Don't even think about using earlier versions of GCC 2.96.
Cheers,
- Juha
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