1 This is the new version (1.05) of the second extended file system
2 management programs, otherwise known as the Monomonac Release.
4 See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. This is
5 important! Note that your /etc/fstab file may need modifying before
6 you install the new fsck program. See the INSTALL file for more details.
8 This version contains programs written by Theodore Ts'o and Remy Card.
9 This distribution was packaged by Ted and Remy with the help of Stephen Tweedie
12 The programs written or rewritten by Ted are:
13 - libext2fs: a new library containing entries to access the control
14 structures of a second extended file system.
15 - e2fsck: a new file system checker which uses optimized routines.
16 This new checker is much more efficient and safer than the old
18 - mke2fs: a new file system creator which uses the ext2fs library.
19 - debugfs: a file system debugger which can be used to examine and
20 change the state of a file system. Use it with caution since it
21 can corrupt file systems if you are not careful.
22 - fsck: a new fsck front-end. This new fsck can run multiple
23 several file system checks simultanously if they are on different
26 The programs written by Remy are:
27 - badblocks: a new bad blocks checker. It can be run by the super
28 user to search for bad blocks on a device and can also be called
30 - dumpe2fs: a new program which displays the control structure of
31 a file system. To understand the output of this program, one needs
32 to know the physical structure of a second extended file system.
33 - mklost+found: re-creates a lost+found directory if it has been
35 - tune2fs: adjusts tunable paramaters on a file system.
36 - chattr: changes files attributes and version.
37 - lsattr: lists files attributes and version.
39 Manual pages are included in this package.
41 In case of bugs in these programs, please contact Ted
42 <tytso@mit.edu> and Remy <card@masi.ibp.fr>. See the e2fsck man page
43 for suggestions of what sort of information to include when submitting
44 bug reports for e2fsck.