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.* $Header: D:/ext2-os2/doc/RCS/WARNING.IM,v 1.2 1995/08/17 09:44:52 Willm Exp Willm $
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.*  Linux ext2 file system driver for OS/2 2.x and WARP - Allows OS/2 to     
.*  access your Linux ext2fs partitions as normal drive letters.
.*  OS/2 implementation : Copyright (C) 1995  Matthieu WILLM
.*
.*  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.*  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.*  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
.*  (at your option) any later version.
.*
.*  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.*  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.*  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
.*  GNU General Public License for more details.
.*
.*  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.*  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
.*  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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.*** BETA USERS - IMPORTANT WARNING                                          ***
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:h1 id=999. ***** IMPORTANT WARNING - READ THIS FIRST *****

:p.
This is a beta file system driver.  It means that IT IS NOT FINISHED
AND STILL UNSTABLE.  Being a driver it runs at the most privileged level of
the OS/2 operating system, known as "kernel mode".  IN KERNEL MODE THERE IS
NO MORE CRASH PROTECTION.  It means that if a bug occurs in the driver IT
CAN CAUSE A HANG OR A SYSTEM HALT, AND THUS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF DATA.

:p.
Write capabilities are not yet completely bug free, so please notice that 
if a problem occurs, IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT EXT2-OS2 COMPLETELY TRASHES
YOUR EXT2FS PARTITION(S). HAVING A BACKUP OF YOUR LINUX PARTITION WOULD BE 
A GOOD IDEA ! I *STRONGLY* recommend to test this driver on a dedicated ext2fs 
partition first.

:ul compact.
:li.DON'T RUN THIS DRIVER ON A PRODUCTION MACHINE
:li.DON'T RUN THIS DRIVER IF YOU MANIPULATE CRITICAL DATA
:li.DON'T RUN THIS DRIVER ON A HEAVY LOADED MACHINE
:li.BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SYSTEM HANGS
:li.BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SYSTEM HALTS
:li.BE PREPARED TO HAVE YOUR EXT2FS PARTITION(S) DAMAGED OR EVEN DESTROYED
:li.USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISKS, AND ONLY ON A TEST MACHINE YOU ACCEPT TO CRASH AND REINSTALL !
:eul.

:nt.
If you don't want to take the risk of trashing your ext2fs partition(s)
then don't use the read-write version, use the read-only version (V0.1)
included in this package instead (it's in the file ext2_os2.zip) : V0.1
is pretty stable according to people who tested it since released.
:ent.