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Re: the thing with the binary zeroes

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Subject: Re: the thing with the binary zeroes
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>
Date: 11 Feb 2005 15:25:18 +0100
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:25:18 +0100
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> I have heard of cases where booting another (previous) kernel gave
> access to the files again. So I guess it can happen that the new
> data are written to the same extents in which the old data resided
> (for instance, if the file was shortened).
> 
> Why would it be possible to access the data with a previous kernel,
> but only see zeroes with a newer version?

Sounds more like a urban legend.

-Andi


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