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Re: ext2fs superblock updates
>> From the looks of it, the ext2fs code only updates the primary
>> superblock: [...]
> [...similarity to FFS...]
I see two mistakes. ("I will proofread my list posts. I will
proofread my list posts. I will proofread my list posts. ...") I was
going to ignore the first one, but the other one is actually somewhat
important.
> I don't know ext2. But I have seen it said that it's basically slimiar
s/slimiar/similar/
> [...] Thus, there is never any need to update the
> backup superblocks - they are generated by fsck and left untouched
> thereafter.
They are generated by _newfs_ and left untouched thereafter.
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