Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 22:53:29 +0200 (CEST)
From: Seth Mos <knuffie@xs4all.nl>
To: J Landman <landman@mediaone.net>
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Subject: Re: Problem fixed (I think)
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, J Landman wrote:

> Folks:
> 
>   I had some problems with xfs that I think I fixed.  Basically I had
> cp/mv and others core dump rather than work.  What I did is I backed up my
> xfs based data, rebuilt the raido, rebuilt the filesystem, and it now
> seems to work properly.  No core dumps.

Weird, then again some people say that computers follow exact logic.
I have seen computers behave like "normal" people so I let go of that
statement 1 week after purchasing my 1st PC.
 
>   I had built the original file system with the RedHat 7.1 iso based
> images, and tools.  I changed distros to Mandrake.  Thats when it broke.
> So, using plain old 2.4.5 + patches under Mandrake, it is running fine
> (afte rthe little backup bit above).

Good to hear.

>   During this time, I was unable to build the development tree (same
> crashes that everyone else was getting, using wither the 2.91.66 or the
> 2.96.3 compilers).  I was also unable to apply the patches to a 2.4.5-5mdk
> Mandrake source tree.  Got lots of rej's.  I am hoping that the work to
> get it into the kernel accelerates, so we wont have the problems in the
> not too distant future.

There were 1.0 version Mandrake kernels available a few weeks after the
1.0 release. Those were however unoffical. No word on a
XFS/ReiserFS/favoritefs installer yet for the next Mandrake.

>   Regardless of the minor annoyances, good work folks!

Hard work and persistence pays off in the end.

Cheers
Seth