Re: [arch-general] Installation: after first reboot ext3 superblock mount time in future

[Armando M. Baratti]

Dan McGee wrote: On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Gerhard Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, i've noticed this meanwhile quiet often after many installations. Currently after a test with 2008.03-0.3, but also with older ISOs: After install and first reboot i got such fsck notice during rc: ,---- | /dev/sda3: Superblock last mount time is in the future. FIXED | /dev/sda3 has gone 49710 days without being checked, check forced. `---- Here¹ you could download a screenshot from such a situation where also a reboot is required after fsck. Cause this is the *first* reboot after installation users will get a bad impression about Arch. Oh noes! We couldn't ever have a bad impression! We might lose a user! </sarcasm> Feel free to submit a patch against the installer (it is all in GIT on projects.archlinux.org), but justifying this problem by saying it gives a bad impression is not something that is going to make devs jump out and fix it- if anything it might bring out the cynical side as you can see above. -Dan Or maybe he (and others) could not be anymore interested in testing your (our) distro. As I had understood, Gerhard intended only to point a minor nuisance. Something that he, maybe, have not the technical expertise (or time) to patch. I think he means you (or other devs) could try to fix it if you like it (have the time for, judge it worth doing, etc). Linux users used to be a community ... Armando