Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 21:00:37 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> To: dannyman <dannyman@sasquatch.dannyland.org> Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A reminder of toxic -current Message-ID: <19980318210037.16941@mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <19980318204724.41485@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu>; from dannyman on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 08:47:24PM -0600 References: <199803190216.VAA23520@dyson.iquest.net> <19980318204724.41485@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu>
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On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 08:47:24PM -0600, dannyman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 09:16:56PM -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: > > Warning, todays -current is still toxic to your filesystems. I > > am still working on it, trying to isolate the problem(s). > > ermmm, i recently rebuilt a second time after the FS scare, and neither of my > -current's have shown any trouble. i've backed up my home directory just in > case, but if my fs hasn't been destroyed yet, and is stable enough to reliably > recompile the OS, I should worry? > > -dan YES! I can reproduce this failure within 30 minutes, and it DESTROYS the filesystem in question. FSCK will report it clean after a couple of passes, but the data contained in it is irrecoverably damaged. DO NOT USE CURRENT KERNELS BUILT AFTER THE MEGACOMMIT FROM JOHN OVER THIS LAST WEEKEND! -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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