using the root partition as JFS with 2.4.20-gentoo-r2/r3 cuases some files of /etc to be removed by fsck.jfs at each reboot due to bad allocation. the same doesn't happen neither with gentoo-sources-2.4.19-gentoo-r10 nor with 2.4.21-ac-r2 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. set your root partion as JFS 2. use gentoo-sources-r2/r3 3. work for a while then shutdown or reboot 4. watch the kernel boot process Actual Results: some files get deleted by fsck.jfs Expected Results: nothing!
please try with pfeifer-sources-2.4.20_pre9 as there is an updated jfs (bumped to latest rev 1.1.2) - ensure you have 1.1.2 tools installed. Jay
i'm going to test it. Btw, please also consider (if you think it could be good) applying these patch to the stock JFS-1.1.2 : http://oss.software.ibm.com/pipermail/jfs-patches/2003-April/000118.html http://oss.software.ibm.com/pipermail/jfs-patches/2003-April/000119.html http://oss.software.ibm.com/pipermail/jfs-patches/2003-April/000117.html these fixes some nasty (even if rare) bugs reported shortly after 1.1.2 come out.
Created attachment 11482 [details, diff] requested patches for jfs-1.1.2 the 3 bug fixes you mentioned are in this patch. they will be in pre10 of pfeifer-sources. They should apply cleanly to pre9 just patch like this: patch -p1 -s -N -E -d /usr/src/linux-${KV}/ < 905_jfs-1.1.2_fixes Have a good one, Jay
pfeifer-sources-2.4.20.1-r1_pre9 + 905_jfs-1.1.2_fixes are okay for me: it seems to fix the problem :) i'm also compiling _pre10 to test it too keep up the great work, Jay! thanks!
thanks for the feedback. closing. Jay
completed testing on _pre10 also: works for me. _pre10 aso fixes some desktop responsiveness issues I had with previous releases. thanks again Jay
k, thanks. all of this is now in gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r4. it's basically a roll of pre11. Jay
