Re: [Cooker] 9.1 Beta 1.

[Ron Stodden]

Pixel wrote:

Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

4.   Cooker uses an ext2fs which is incompatible with the 9.0 extfs. When a
9.0 partition and a cooker partition are both present on the same dev/hd and
one attempts an install or reinstall of a 9.0 partition, the 9.0 installer
carks it loudly, complaining about the incompatible ext2 partition.

you should be able to disable this feature using tunefs and
-Odir_index option

Yes,

tune2fs -l <a 9.0 ext2 partition> => Filesystem features: (none)
tune2fs -l <a 9.1 ext2 partition> => Filesystem features: dir_index filetype sparse_super

Summary:

The 9.0 e2fsck -f <a 9.0 ext2 partition> => OK.
The 9.0 e2fsck -f <a 9.1 ext2 partition> =>
e2fsck: Filesystem has unsupported feature(s) (/dev/hde12)
e2fsck: Get a newer version of e2fsck!
The 9.1 e2fsck -f <a 9.0 ext2 partition> => OK.
The 9.1 e2fsck -f <a 9.1 ext2 partition> => OK.

Unanticipated consequences:
The 9.0 e2fsck cannot be used on 9.1 partitions.
Cannot install/reinstall a 9.0 partition if a 9.1 partition exists on the same device.
Cannot run a 9.0 partition with /etc/fstab calling for checking on the 9.1 partition if a 9.1 partition exists on the same device.

Mandrake-recommended fix:

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