Re: Linux FS problems 2.2.10

Matthew Wilcox (Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com)
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 18:19:52 +0200


On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 11:33:46AM -0400, Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote:
> 2.2.10 has known fs-corrupting bugs.
>
> This scares me. I just upgraded 14 machines to 2.2.10 with file servers among
> them.
>
> Can somebody fill me in:

Don't be too scared. Some people get it all the time, most never encounter
it at all. My machine is running 2.2.10 and I have had no problems.

> 6. Which 2.2 kernels does this affect? How far do I need to go back to avoid
> the bug?

Don't go back, go forward. 2.2 is getting better not worse. There should
be a final release of 2.2.11 RSN.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai>
"Windows and MacOS are products, contrived by engineers in the service of
specific companies. Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a
painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture." - N Stephenson

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/