From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: rebuild-tree hangs Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:05:46 +0400 Message-ID: <3E998ADA.2080502@namesys.com> References: <20030411015312.GA20912@coloppl> <200304111356.18574.vitaly@namesys.com> <20030411121321.2a3686b2.philippe.gramoulle@mmania.com> <200304111620.27377.vitaly@namesys.com> <20030411161443.6ebc8b71.philippe.gramoulle@mmania.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <20030411161443.6ebc8b71.philippe.gramoulle@mmania.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Philippe_Gramoull=E9?= Cc: Vitaly Fertman , reiserfs-list@namesys.com Philippe Gramoull=E9 wrote: >Hello, > >On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 16:20:27 +0400 >Vitaly Fertman wrote: > > | This is probably pretty big for a floppy, stripped not-static binary i= s 3 times smaller. > >Yes, you're right. My point was just to say that it was still small enough= to fit on a floppy. > >It just happened that it helped me many times when i had to boot from an o= ld rescue CD >which didn't have the latest fsck, to rebuild the root filesystem. > > | Actually, there was only this problem with different libc versions and= I hope that I will=20 > | be able to reproduce it and to resolve it soon.=20 > >Yes, a problem that at least several people hit and i thought it would be = a goo way to solve this. > >Personally, i always build reiserfsck statically for the reasons i mention= ed above but i'm sure >there are other environments that would require the smallest tools. > >Thanks, > >Philippe > > > =20 > Most people boot from CDROMS now, so Philippe's suggestion seems like a=20 good one to me. --=20 Hans