On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 20:11:44 +0100 Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 the mental interface of > Jacob S. told: > > > On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 11:48:03 -0600 (CST) > > Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My hard drive is set up with /dev/hda1 /boot > > > and /dev/hda2 / > > > /dev/hda3 is my swap space. > > > > > > When I edit /etc/fstab to set /dev/hda2 and /dev/hda1 to ext3 > > > instead of ext2, I get the error: > > > kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,1) > > > My file /etc/mtab shows /dev/hda2 mounted as ext3, but /dev/hda1 > > > does not mount. I have no /boot directory. > > > If I change the /etc/fstab file to mount /dev/hda2 as ext3 and > > > /dev/hda1 as ext2, then both are mounted without errors. Can > > > anyone point out my problem? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Russ > > > > Howdy Russ, > > > > I know this sounds obvious, but perhaps you haven't created a > > journal on hda1 yet? To quote the ext3 mini howto: > > > > "An ext2 filesystem may be converted to ext3 by creating a journal > > file on it. To do this, run > > > > tune2fs -j /dev/hdXX > > > > on the target filesystem. The filesystem is now ext3! > > If Russ does this on his /dev/hda3 his swap wil be gone ;-) > > Happy Xmas > > Elimar Very true, which is why I didn't say anything about his hda3. The problems and scenarios he gave were dealing with hda1 and 2. So, I suggested he try creating a journal on hda1, which is the one that was failing when trying to mount as an ext3 partition. Jacob ----- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 In a world without fences, who needs Gates? http://www.linux.org/
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