Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mulga.SUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!mulga!kre From: kre@mulga.SUN (Robert Elz) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: fix for 4.2BSD kernel bug that trashes file systems Message-ID: <224@mulga.SUN> Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 21:45:25 EST Article-I.D.: mulga.224 Posted: Fri Mar 2 21:45:25 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 04:17:22 EST References: <16923@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia Lines: 12 That fix from Mike Karels (via Jeff Mogul) corrects all kinds of problems relating to files & inodes (inode table overflows, unmountable filesystems, unkillable processes blocked waiting for locked inodes). If you have a 4.2bsd system, you should consider that a MANDATORY fix. Its been installed here for several months, & hasn't caused any problems, but has certainly cured all of our symptoms. Robert Elz decvax!mulga!kre