On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 18:07, Nikita Danilov wrote:
> Russell Coker writes:
> > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 17:39, Nikita Danilov wrote:
> > > > Also here is an entry for swap files:
> > > > 0xff6 string SWAP-SPACE Version 0 Swap file for 4K pages
> > >
> > > By the way, I just found that my perfectly valid reiserfs file-system
> > > triggers above check. It was created on what was earlier swap device
> > > and mkreiserfs didn't clear first 16 blocks, so put this line after
> > > ones for reiserfs in your magic file.
> >
> > This has been an issue here before. I think that on a rw mount ReiserFS
> > should over-write that.
> >
> > Has the bug in mkreiserfs been fixed so it can't happen in future?
>
> mkreiserfs leaves first 16 blocks untouched for boot-loaders' sake.
> It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Which boot loader needs so much space?
This boot loader thing apparently isn't a problem for ext2...
Is there a boot loader that depends on having "SWAP-SPACE" or "SWAPSPACE2" at
offset 0xff6? If not then we could have special-case code which removes the
swap signature without making a boot loader unworkable...
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