[...] the 'fsck -c 2' that is supposed to change my file systems to
   the 'new and improved' filesystem causes my system to hard reset.

Oh, really?  WHEN did it reset?  Did it do anything before resetting?
Did it finish the conversion and then reset?  Do I have to pull
everyone's teeth?

   I have gotten around most of the problems with the symlinks all
   dying, [...]

I *warned* people that compatibility with old `options FASTLINKS' would
be broken when I first put the code in.  If you didn't listen, it's not
my fault.


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