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Re: Important Bugfixes for HFS+ resize _DON'T USE THE 4TH PATCH TO RESIZ


From: K . G .
Subject: Re: Important Bugfixes for HFS+ resize _DON'T USE THE 4TH PATCH TO RESIZE HFS+_ (use the 5th)
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 17:09:33 +0200

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:13:41 +0200
K.G. <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Here is my last patch against parted 1.6.5 :
> 
> http://xilun666.free.fr/parted-1.6.5-hfs-4.patch
> 
> It includes :
>       memory leaks removal, code cleanups, resize hfs+ code,
>       more checks, minor hfs resize bugfix, probe code returns real geometry,
> and still all features of the third patch.
> 
> If you want to try it you should save your important data.
> You may want to run hpfsck or the Apple Sos Disk util too, before and after 
> running parted with this patch.
> Please also report me success or failure, as well as messages from fsck utils.
> 
> Enjoy !
> 
> ---
> Guillaume Knispel

This patch had 3 important bugs that could result in data corruption both in FS 
and in user's files.
_DON'T USE IT TO RESIZE HFS+_
The following patch correct that :

http://xilun666.free.fr/parted-1.6.5-hfs-5.patch

I suggest you continue saving your important data ! :)

---
Guillaume Knispel




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