On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 08:25:56AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:12:12PM -0500, Chris Pepper wrote:
> > At 7:50 PM -0800 2002/11/20, David Schultz wrote:
> > >Thus spake Chris Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> <snip>
> >     LINT says:
> > >#
> > ># Add support for the EXT2FS filesystem of Linux fame.  Be a bit
> > ># careful with this - the ext2fs code has a tendency to lag behind
> > ># changes and not be exercised very much, so mounting read/write could
> > ># be dangerous (and even mounting read only could result in panics.)
> > >#
> > >options         EXT2FS
> > 
> This message has been in LINT since the dawn of time and is extremely
> mystifying. "Be a bit careful" .. meaning what ? You either mount it or
> don't mount it, use it or don't use it. What exactly are you supposed to
> be careful of :) Saying "Boo!".

Data corruption.

Kris

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