Comment 10 for bug 7454

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:13:46 +0200
From: Bastian Blank <email address hidden>
To: Finn Thain <email address hidden>
Cc: David Kimdon <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: genext2fs - generates completely broken images on s390

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On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 11:38:38PM +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> I don't have an s390 to test on unfortunately, so would you please try
> a couple of tests to help me isolate this problem.

You have, ask http://db.debian.org/ for the developer machines.

> - does compiling genext2fs generate any warnings?

Ask http://buildd.debian.org/.

> - does the following generate fsck errors (apart from the lost+found not
> present warning, and the missing volume UUID)?
>=20
> $ genext2fs -b 5876 -r 0 /tmp/whatever
> $ fsck.ext2 /tmp/whatever

| $ genext2fs -b 5876 -r 0 /tmp/whatever
| $ fsck.ext2 /tmp/whatever
| e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
| Note: if there is several inode or block bitmap blocks
| which require relocation, or one part of the inode table
| which must be moved, you may wish to try running e2fsck
| with the '-b 5881' option first. The problem may lie only
| with the primary block group descriptor, and the backup
| block group descriptor may be OK.
|=20
| Block bitmap for group 0 is not in group. (block 50331648)
| Relocate<y>? cancelled!
|=20
| Inode bitmap for group 0 is not in group. (block 67108864)
| Relocate<y>? cancelled!
|=20
| Inode table for group 0 is not in group. (block 83886080)
| WARNING: SEVERE DATA LOSS POSSIBLE.
| Relocate<y>? cancelled!
|=20
| Filesystem did not have a UUID; generating one.

> I tried this on my celeron, it works ok for me.

You tried it on a 32bit little-endian machine. I try it on a
64bit/31bit big-endian machine.

Bastian

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