- This is the new version (0.5) of the second extended file system
-management programs. You need to run Linux 1.0 or above to use it since
-some programs used some ext2fs features that where not available in
-previous kernel versions.
+ This is the new version (1.14) of the second extended file system
+management programs.
- This version contains programs written by Theodore T'so and Remy Card.
-This distribution was packaged by Ted and Remy with the help of Stephen Tweedie
-and Alexy Vovenko.
+ From time to time, I release new versions of e2fsprogs, to fix
+bugs and to make the utilities more robust. You can always find
+information about the latest version at the the e2fsprogs web page,
+which is:
- The programs written or rewritten by Ted are:
- - libext2fs: a new library containing entries to access the control
- structures of a second extended file system.
- - e2fsck: a new file system checker which uses optimized routines.
- This new checker is much more efficient and safer than the old
- e2fsck.
- - mke2fs: a new file system creator which uses the ext2fs library.
- - debugfs: a file system debugger which can be used to examine and
- change the state of a file system. Use it with caution since it
- can corrupt file systems if you are not careful.
- - fsck: a new fsck front-end. This new fsck can run multiple
- several file system checks simultanously if they are on different
- disks.
+ http://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/e2fsprogs.html
- The programs written by Remy are:
- - badblocks: a new bad blocks checker. It can be run by the super
- user to search for bad blocks on a device and can also be called
- by e2fsck and mke2fs.
- - dumpe2fs: a new program which displays the control structure of
- a file system. To understand the output of this program, one needs
- to know the physical structure of a second extended file system.
- - mklost+found: re-creates a lost+found directory if it has been
- deleted.
- - tune2fs: adjusts tunable paramaters on a file system.
- - chattr: changes files attributes and version.
- - lsattr: lists files attributes and version.
+ Note: If you are using the RedHat RPM distributions of
+e2fsprogs, don't worry about the next paragraph; all others, please
+read on!
- Manual pages are included in this package.
+ See the file INSTALL for instructions on building and
+installing e2fsprogs. This is important! Note that your /etc/fstab
+file may need modifying before you install the new fsck program. See
+the INSTALL file for more details.
- See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
-
- In case of bugs in these programs, please contact Ted <tytso@mit.edu>
-and Remy <card@masi.ibp.fr>.
+ In case of bugs in these programs, please contact Ted Ts'o
+<tytso@mit.edu>. See the e2fsck man page for suggestions of what sort
+of information to include when submitting bug reports for e2fsck.