On 03/01/12 07:12, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Camaleón: >> On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:27:50 +0100, Joar Jegleim wrote: >> >>> anybody got any foo on how to install e2fsprogs from wheezy into squeeze >>> ? >>> […] >>> Has anybody tried this, or got any hints ? >> >> No hints, sorry. Sounds like a dangerous movement only suitable for a VM >> (with a previous saved working snapshot) or over a testing machine. > > ACK. Another option might be to debootstrap wheezy into a local > directory and chroot into that. You probably don't need > mkfs/fsck/tune2fs on a daily basis. Just disable automatic fscks on boot > (tune2fs -i0 -c0) to make sure the old fsck doesn't touch the > filesystem. > > I am not sure whether that would work for the root filesystem, but I > guess nobody needs or wants 16TB for that. > > And if this was a critical system, I would probably try very hard to > avoid the situation altogether (split the data across multiple > filesystems) or use another distribution with more recent tools. > > J.
Thank you Jochen for putting me on the right track. The auto fsck/root problem (if ever encountered) could be got around by using the Wheezy live CD/USB[*1] which is the path I chose thanks to your chroot tip. I had tried to backport from Wheezy but it became to complicated and would probably have broken Squeeze updates. Cheers P.S. special thanks to Theo for another year of amazing output. [*1] a grub entry can be added for convenience, or run in a chroot (as you suggested) -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f027dfe.5040...@gmail.com
