INSTALL.elfbin

   1 NOTE: This is the ELF version of the binary distribution.  If you have
   2 a DLL system, please either compile e2fsprogs from sources yourself,
   3 or get the DLL version of the binary distribution.  The DLL version
   4 will have a filename of e2fsprogs-1.04-dllbin.tar.gz
   5
   6
   7         To install the binary distribution of the second extended file
   8 system management programs, just follow the steps:
   9
  10 1) Install this tar file using the following command:
  11
  12         gunzip < e2fsprogs-1.04-elfbin.tar.gz | (cd /; tar xvf - )
  13
  14 2) Run ldconfig to update the shared library pointers.
  15
  16         As root, type /sbin/ldconfig. This will update the links to
  17 the shared libraries included in the distribution. You can then remove
  18 the old versions of the libraries from /lib.
  19
  20 3) Remove any pre-formatted man pages.
  21
  22         Some distributions will have pre-formatted manual pages which
  23 will always be displayed in preference to newer man pages in /usr/man.
  24 If this is the case, you may need to manually remove them in order to
  25 see the correct manual pages.  The shell script in
  26 install-utils/remove_preformat_manpages may be helpful in doing so.
  27
  28 4) Make sure your /etc/fstab file is correct.
  29
  30         Some distributions install an /etc/fstab which is missing the
  31 fifth and sixth field of filesystem entry, which are the dump
  32 frequency, and the fsck pass number, respectively.  The problem with
  33 this is that the getmntent() library routine interprets those missing
  34 fields as "0", and a pass number of 0 is documented as meaning that
  35 fsck should not check that particular filesystem.  If your entries in
  36 your /etc/fstab file look liks this:
  37
  38 /dev/hda4       /        ext2        defaults
  39
  40 you should add "1 1" at the end of each line, so that they look like this:
  41
  42 /dev/hda4       /        ext2        defaults   1       1
  43
  44         There is a script in install-utils/convfstab (donated by
  45 Michael Weller) that may help you correct your /etc/fstab file.
  46
  47 5) Cleanup files from the installation.
  48
  49         When you're done with the installation, you will probably want
  50 to remove /INSTALL (this file), /README, and /install-utils from your
  51 root directory