last 541 kernel damages fileystem .. starting fresh FC3T2 candidate.

[Mike Klinke]

On Monday 06 September 2004 13:26, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
 
>
> Can anyone reproduce this on a filesystem that hasn't seen the
> .538 kernel since its previous fsck?
>
> --Stephen

I can relate a test I ran that will point in the direction that 
indicates that the 538 kernel is the source of one problem.  I 
started out with the .535 kernel as my latest kernel and followed 
this sequence. This is a dual boot system with FC1 and FC3T1 
sharing the /boot partition. Anyone else should be able to 
duplicate these results.

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Boot into 535.... 

 # df
 Filesystem   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
 .....
 /dev/hda1       101086     20558     75309  22% /boot
 
 Install 541 kernel rpm

 # df
 Filesystem   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
 ..... 
 /dev/hda1       101086     22987     72880  24% /boot
 

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Boot into 541....
 
 edit /boot/grub/grub.conf as a test ....

 # df
 Filesystem   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
 ..... 
 /dev/hda1       101086     22989     72878  24% /boot
 

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Boot into 535, as above "df" shows no problem.
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Boot into FC1, as above "df" shows no problem.
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Boot into 535....

 Remove .541 Kernel rpm
 Install .538 Kernel rpm 

 # df
 Filesystem   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
 ...... 
 /dev/hda1       101086     22989     72878  24% /boot
  
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Boot into 538....

 copy /grub.conf grub.conf.bak
 vi grub.conf

 "df" now shows problem immediately on /boot partition (as seen 
below from the FC1 kernel ..... I didn't want to risk copying 
another file into the root file system now that I know I can create 
the corrupted partition by using the .538 kernel.) 


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Boot into FC1....

 22:25:58 # df
 Filesystem   1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
 .... 
 /dev/hda1    101086 -18446744073709548719     98764 101% /boot