Re: libparted trashes reiserfs and enjoys it!

[Sven Luther]

On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 01:58:21AM +0000, Sam Liddicott wrote:
> Please don't use progreiserfs/libparted even though 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ says it comes from namesys.com
> 
> I've just been talking to Hans Reiser and all after loosing a load of 
> data using qtparted who pointed out that it is NOT written by them and 
> is buggy as hell. (Enough to lose my data anyway). They are pulling it 
> off their ftp site to avoid misleading people, but can I respectifully 
> suggest you shell out to resize_reiserfs to do the dirty work of resizing.

Well, reiserfs has been known for eating filesystems for breakfast, as long as
i can remember, just don't use it.

Now, code is welcome to use reiserfsprog library and reimplement the reiserfs
resizing support in libparted, but nobody seems to care enough about reiserfs
to actually provide code.

Please search the mailing list archive for past threads on the subject.

Friendly,

Sven Luther