Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1

Teodor Iacob
2001-11-25T21:45:30Z

Hello,

Could someone tell if reiserfs or ext3 filesystems are affected by this?

Teodor Iacob,
Astral TELECOM Internet

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Russell King wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 03:39:08PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > BTW, what is the correct recovery strategy, assuming 2.4.15 has not
> > been rebooted yet? Installing a fixed kernel is obviously the first
> > step. How should one reboot the system to minimize damage? Use a
> > normal system shutdown (with the -F parameter to forc fsck on next
> > boot), or go to single user, "touch /forcefsck", sync, wait a minute,
> > and switching of power?
>
> >From Viro's mail (on http://lwn.net/daily/2.4.15-recovery.php3):
>
> | IOW, if you are running 2.4.15 - build a patched kernel, install it and
> | do the following:
> | * switch to single-user
> | * sync
> | * umount everything non-buys
> | * remount the rest read-only
> | * turn the thing off
> | * boot with patched kernel or with anything before 2.4.15-pre9
>
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