On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 09:08:50AM +0000, Dave Selby wrote: > Im planning to turn my ext2 to an ext3 .... after a system crash due to a > winmodem driver running with dependency problems .. > > OK I get the bit about > > tune2fs -j /dev/hda2 > > I dont get the bit about > > touch /forcefsck ???? > > touch changes the file timestamps ?
It also creates the file if it doesn't exist, which is the relevant action in this case. > I cant find a reference to forcefsck in its man or info pages. Is it a > switch of some kind ? It causes /etc/rcS.d/S30checkfs.sh to tell fsck to run a full check even if the filesystem seems clean. Frankly I wouldn't bother with that second step. I've never needed it for any of the filesystems I've converted to ext3. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
