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Date:      Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:04:15 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Helder Novais <helder.armando@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ext4 read-only warning, Handbook
Message-ID:  <YPlev5XD%2BlWmNEeV@submonkey.net>
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On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 07:02:18PM +0100, Helder Novais wrote:
> The handbook reveals that FreeBSD has limited support to EXT journalling=
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> and encryption, however, it doesn't explain how limited the support is.
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> I mounted an ext4 partition that was meant to be shared with linux (yes,=
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> with journalling, my bad) and the files edited in were corrupted. I had=
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> to run fsck on it and fix the errors, with potential loss of data.
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> Only after that did I read: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Ext2fs
> "
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> NOTE: If you are trying to mount Ext4 partitions, and we don't yet=20
> support writing on your particular release, remember to specifically=20
> mount the filesystem *read-only*.
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> "
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> As a warning to new users, could you please add this line to the=20
> Handbook? This note is VERY important and shouldn't be left out.

Thanks for this - I've submitted https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31273 and
some version of it will get committed soon.


Ceri
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