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From: Vitaly Fertman <vitaly@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: http://www.namesys.com/snapshots/2004.08.03-internal.testing/
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 22:51:41 +0400
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To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>, Markus =?utf-8?q?T=C3=B6rnqvist?= <mjt@nysv.org>
Cc: Thomas Graham <lkthomas@sml.dyndns.org>, Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>, reiserfs-list@namesys.com

On Wednesday 04 August 2004 21:47, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Markus T=F6rnqvist wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 10:16:26PM +0800, Thomas Graham wrote:
> >>if a convertor are not done yet, I think we could wait until it's bundle
> >>into the .tar.gz and we could use it, actually, do we HAVE TO do that
> >>format changes ? or normal user could just ignore that except for some =
of
> >>them who reach problem with that ?
> >
> >I don't think you HAVE to do it, if you would, there would be a
> > compensation in the kernel, and Vitaly said there is not.
> >
> >So just avoid the reiser4progs like the plague, call the Namesys helpdes=
k,
> >whatever and ask Vitaly to remove the file from the web, remove the
> >code that changes the format, whatever.
> >
> >I just hope I won't hit a corruptive bug on my machine, it would be pret=
ty
> >anticlimactic if I did and I would lose data because it decides to
> >change the format.
>
> I don't understand why Vitaly cannot do one of the things suggested on
> this thread: create an fsck option for people like Markus to use.
>
> If Vitaly does that, problem solved, yes?
>
> Chris is right that any disk format changes need to be made now.
> Vitaly, send an email defining what you propose to do, and cc the list.
> Do that now please.

I have written a converter (an option to debugfs), testing it,=20
it does well for the last half an hout already.=20

I am going to release another internal snapshot with the explanation=20
in README how to use it.

--=20
Thanks,
Vitaly Fertman