1	To install the second extended file system management programs,
2just follow the steps:
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41) Change directory into the top of the e2fsprogs source tree
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62) Create a build directory and cd into it:
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8	mkdir build; cd build
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103)  Run the configure script
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12	../configure
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14	If you wish to turn on ELF shared libraries, add the option
15--enable-elf-shlibs.  If you wish to build profiling libraries, add
16the option --enable-profile.
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18	Note that if you are building on an older system (i.e., a 2.4
19kernel and/or glibc 2.2), the use of thread local storage will probably
20cause programs that use the uuid library to core dump.  To disable
21thread local storage, use the configure option --disable-tls.
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234)  Compile the programs
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25	make
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275)   Check to make sure the installation built correctly:
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29	make check
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316)  Install the programs
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33	Run `make install'
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357)  Install the include files and libraries
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37	You can run `make install-libs' to install the include files and
38libraries.  Please note that this installation is not needed for the
39programs to work.  It is only needed if you expect to develop other
40programs using the libraries or if you want to compile other program
41using these libraries (like the 4.4BSD dump and restore port).
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438)  Remove any pre-formatted man pages.  
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45	Some distributions will have pre-formatted manual pages which
46will always be displayed in preference to newer man pages in /usr/man.
47If this is the case, you may need to manually remove them in order to
48see the correct manual pages.  The shell script in
49install-utils/remove_preformat_manpages may be helpful in doing so.
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519)  Make sure your /etc/fstab file is correct.
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53	Some distributions install an /etc/fstab which is missing the
54fifth and sixth field of filesystem entry, which are the dump
55frequency, and the fsck pass number, respectively.  The problem with
56this is that the getmntent() library routine interprets those missing
57fields as "0", and a pass number of 0 is documented as meaning that
58fsck should not check that particular filesystem.  If your entries in
59your /etc/fstab file look liks this:
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61/dev/hda4       /        ext2        defaults
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63you should add "1 1" at the end of each line, so that they look like this:
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65/dev/hda4       /        ext2        defaults	1	1
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67	There is a script in install-utils/convfstab (donated by
68Michael Weller) that may help you correct your /etc/fstab file.
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