| Theodore Ts'o | 6f4a109 | 1997-04-26 13:32:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | This is the new version (0.5b) of the second extended file system |
| Theodore Ts'o | 3839e65 | 1997-04-26 13:21:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | management programs. You need to run Linux 1.0 or above to use it since |
| 3 | some programs used some ext2fs features that where not available in |
| 4 | previous kernel versions. |
| 5 | |
| Theodore Ts'o | 6f4a109 | 1997-04-26 13:32:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 6 | See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. This is |
| 7 | important! Note that your /etc/fstab file may need modifying before |
| 8 | you install the new fsck program. See the INSTALL file for more details. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | This version contains programs written by Theodore Ts'o and Remy Card. |
| Theodore Ts'o | 3839e65 | 1997-04-26 13:21:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | This distribution was packaged by Ted and Remy with the help of Stephen Tweedie |
| 12 | and Alexy Vovenko. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | The programs written or rewritten by Ted are: |
| 15 | - libext2fs: a new library containing entries to access the control |
| 16 | structures of a second extended file system. |
| 17 | - e2fsck: a new file system checker which uses optimized routines. |
| 18 | This new checker is much more efficient and safer than the old |
| 19 | e2fsck. |
| 20 | - mke2fs: a new file system creator which uses the ext2fs library. |
| 21 | - debugfs: a file system debugger which can be used to examine and |
| 22 | change the state of a file system. Use it with caution since it |
| 23 | can corrupt file systems if you are not careful. |
| 24 | - fsck: a new fsck front-end. This new fsck can run multiple |
| 25 | several file system checks simultanously if they are on different |
| 26 | disks. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | The programs written by Remy are: |
| 29 | - badblocks: a new bad blocks checker. It can be run by the super |
| 30 | user to search for bad blocks on a device and can also be called |
| 31 | by e2fsck and mke2fs. |
| 32 | - dumpe2fs: a new program which displays the control structure of |
| 33 | a file system. To understand the output of this program, one needs |
| 34 | to know the physical structure of a second extended file system. |
| 35 | - mklost+found: re-creates a lost+found directory if it has been |
| 36 | deleted. |
| 37 | - tune2fs: adjusts tunable paramaters on a file system. |
| 38 | - chattr: changes files attributes and version. |
| 39 | - lsattr: lists files attributes and version. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | Manual pages are included in this package. |
| 42 | |
| Theodore Ts'o | 6f4a109 | 1997-04-26 13:32:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 43 | In case of bugs in these programs, please contact Ted |
| 44 | <tytso@mit.edu> and Remy <card@masi.ibp.fr>. See the e2fsck man page |
| 45 | for suggestions of what sort of information to include when submitting |
| 46 | bug reports for e2fsck. |