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| author | jbranso@dismail.de <jbranso@dismail.de> | 2023-09-21 12:48:18 -0400 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2024-01-23 00:30:05 +0100 |
| commit | 2c900794344f4e20385173dcd53529fd0b057b86 (patch) | |
| tree | 2ceb66ac8af6039ab85adf4eec98e819a06a40ad | |
| parent | 4cc21cc8c992237418d8b6c59ecd32342ecccba8 (diff) | |
add a short ext2fs description to the hurd manual.
* doc/hurd.texi (Linux Extended 2 FS): added a short description.
Message-ID: <20230921164822.9227-2-jbranso@dismail.de>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/hurd.texi | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/hurd.texi b/doc/hurd.texi index ce82b91c..42e8ce1d 100644 --- a/doc/hurd.texi +++ b/doc/hurd.texi @@ -3681,8 +3681,18 @@ then use the hurd specific command @command{halt-hurd}. @section Linux Extended 2 FS @pindex ext2fs -FIXME: finish - +The ext2 filesystem is not the most advanced, robust, or modern +filesystem, but it is the current recommended filesystem. A good +@code{ext2} filesystem design document is available +@url{https://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2intro.html, on the web}. + +The Hurd's ext2fs supports partition sizes (using SATA drives) +of up to 2 TiB. Please note that IDE disk drivers only support +128GiB partition sizes. + +Most likely you will have to deal with occasional filesystem +corruption. Please read the section on @ref{Repairing Filesystems} to +learn how to fix this. @node ISO-9660 CD-ROM FS @section ISO-9660 CD-ROM FS |