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297f47a1 | 1 | NOTE: This is the ELF version of the binary distribution. If you have |
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2 | a DLL system, please compile e2fsprogs from sources yourself. (In |
3 | fact, in general you're better off compiling e2fsprogs from sources | |
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4 | instead of using precompiled binaries.) |
5 | ||
6 | Also please note that these binaries assume the use of the GNU Libc. | |
7 | If you're still using libc5, you'll need build e2fsprogs from source. | |
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8 | |
9 | To install the binary distribution of the second extended file | |
10 | system management programs, just follow the steps: | |
11 | ||
12 | 1) Install this tar file using the following command: | |
13 | ||
556ad132 | 14 | gunzip < e2fsprogs-1.13-elfbin.tar.gz | (cd /; tar Sxvpf - ) |
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16 | 2) Run ldconfig to update the shared library pointers. | |
17 | ||
18 | As root, type /sbin/ldconfig. This will update the links to | |
19 | the shared libraries included in the distribution. You can then remove | |
20 | the old versions of the libraries from /lib. | |
21 | ||
22 | 3) Remove any pre-formatted man pages. | |
23 | ||
24 | Some distributions will have pre-formatted manual pages which | |
25 | will always be displayed in preference to newer man pages in /usr/man. | |
26 | If this is the case, you may need to manually remove them in order to | |
27 | see the correct manual pages. The shell script in | |
28 | install-utils/remove_preformat_manpages may be helpful in doing so. | |
29 | ||
30 | 4) Make sure your /etc/fstab file is correct. | |
31 | ||
32 | Some distributions install an /etc/fstab which is missing the | |
33 | fifth and sixth field of filesystem entry, which are the dump | |
34 | frequency, and the fsck pass number, respectively. The problem with | |
35 | this is that the getmntent() library routine interprets those missing | |
36 | fields as "0", and a pass number of 0 is documented as meaning that | |
37 | fsck should not check that particular filesystem. If your entries in | |
055866d8 | 38 | your /etc/fstab file look like this: |
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39 | |
40 | /dev/hda4 / ext2 defaults | |
41 | ||
42 | you should add "1 1" at the end of each line, so that they look like this: | |
43 | ||
44 | /dev/hda4 / ext2 defaults 1 1 | |
45 | ||
46 | There is a script in install-utils/convfstab (donated by | |
47 | Michael Weller) that may help you correct your /etc/fstab file. | |
48 | ||
49 | 5) Cleanup files from the installation. | |
50 | ||
51 | When you're done with the installation, you will probably want | |
52 | to remove /INSTALL (this file), /README, and /install-utils from your | |
53 | root directory |