Andrei Borzenkov composed on 2024-10-28 09:38 (UTC+0300):
Felix Miata wrote:
I'm in process of eliminating EXT2 & EXT3 filesystems from old computers, due to the year 2038 date problem that might arrive before my termination. Using:
tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/sdb1
How is all of this related to the year 2038 or timestamps in general?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem # dmesg | egrep '2038|pports' … [ 70.533547] [ T674] ext2 filesystem being mounted at /disks/boot supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 74.896089] [ T637] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /disks/s131 supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 75.457770] [ T638] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /disks/stwt supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 75.507264] [ T634] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /disks/s123 supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 77.426041] [ T654] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /disks/s132 supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 85.148371] [ T700] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /home supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 91.470229] [ T706] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /pub supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) [ 94.088198] [ T711] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /usr/local supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff) # -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata