On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:23:23 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 at 09:15 GMT, David Baron penned: >> Should I so choose to convert to ext3: What options do I give this >> program? I have one big-linux partition (as opposed to separates /etc, >> /usr, etc.) and the swap partition. I do not quite undersatnd the >> options in the -h listing. >> > > I'm not sure I understand your question, but if I do, you want to run > tune2fs -j on your big linux partition. Swap is a totally different > "filesystem" whose format you do not want to change. > > The one kicker is that you can't have the partition mounted while you're > converting it. The easiest solution is probably to boot into knoppix, > run the command from there, and then boot back into your normal > configuration. > > Also, to actually use ext3, your kernel needs to be able to handle ext3, > and your fstab needs to explicitly be set to use it. > > Ooh, here *I* have a question. Just noticed that I have my ext3 root > partition mounting as 'auto' in my fstab. My other ext3 partitions are > mounting as 'ext3,ext2' (in case the kernel isn't ext3-aware, I can > still mount them as ext2). What is 'auto's behavior in this situation? > Will it choose ext3 or ext2?
With "auto", mount will probe the superblock to get the filesystem type. cf. "man mount" -- ....................paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
