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NOTE: This is the ELF version of the binary distribution. If you have
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a DLL system, please compile e2fsprogs from sources yourself. (In
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fact, in general you're better off compiling e2fsprogs from sources
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instead of using precompiled binaries.)
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Also please note that these binaries assume the use of the GNU Libc.
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If you're still using libc5, you'll need build e2fsprogs from source.
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To install the binary distribution of the second extended file
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system management programs, just follow the steps:
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1) Install this tar file using the following command:
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gunzip < e2fsprogs-1.13-elfbin.tar.gz | (cd /; tar Sxvpf - )
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2) Run ldconfig to update the shared library pointers.
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As root, type /sbin/ldconfig. This will update the links to
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the shared libraries included in the distribution. You can then remove
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the old versions of the libraries from /lib.
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3) Remove any pre-formatted man pages.
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Some distributions will have pre-formatted manual pages which
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will always be displayed in preference to newer man pages in /usr/man.
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If this is the case, you may need to manually remove them in order to
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see the correct manual pages. The shell script in
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install-utils/remove_preformat_manpages may be helpful in doing so.
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4) Make sure your /etc/fstab file is correct.
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Some distributions install an /etc/fstab which is missing the
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fifth and sixth field of filesystem entry, which are the dump
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frequency, and the fsck pass number, respectively. The problem with
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this is that the getmntent() library routine interprets those missing
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fields as "0", and a pass number of 0 is documented as meaning that
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fsck should not check that particular filesystem. If your entries in
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your /etc/fstab file look like this:
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/dev/hda4 / ext2 defaults
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you should add "1 1" at the end of each line, so that they look like this:
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/dev/hda4 / ext2 defaults 1 1
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There is a script in install-utils/convfstab (donated by
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Michael Weller) that may help you correct your /etc/fstab file.
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5) Cleanup files from the installation.
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When you're done with the installation, you will probably want
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to remove /INSTALL (this file), /README, and /install-utils from your
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root directory
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