Re: EXT3 questions

2002-05-01 Thread Michael Meskes
Hi, On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:54:15AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Weird. Is it really an up-to-date box? I was told, newer e2progs do even > hide the journal afterwards if they get a chance, ie. running e2fsck on > an umounted partition. Yes, it's up-to-date. Here's Stephen's explanation: e2fs

Re: EXT3 questions

2002-05-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Michael Meskes wrote on Wed May 01, 2002 um 09:55:57AM: > I even tried removing it thinking of an old file as you mentioned in you > other mail. But after reboot the system complains about a missing > journal and goes to ext2. After recreating .journal via tune2fs it works > well again a

Re: EXT3 questions

2002-05-01 Thread Michael Meskes
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:45:37PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > These two partitions were the ones moved to ext3. And ls -a shows > > .journal in / but not in /disks/oldhome. > > Weird. Which kernel and which e2progs has been used to create the Kernel 2.4.18, e2fsprogs 1.27-2. > journal? Did y

Re: EXT3 questions

2002-04-30 Thread Walter Tautz
Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just did a mkinitrd to create a new initrd, changed my lilo.conf, ran > lilo and rebooted, but nothing changed. The ext3 module is loaded but > unused and /proc/mounts says /dev/root is mounted as ext2. >Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If y

Re: EXT3 questions

2002-04-30 Thread Herbert Xu
Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just did a mkinitrd to create a new initrd, changed my lilo.conf, ran > lilo and rebooted, but nothing changed. The ext3 module is loaded but > unused and /proc/mounts says /dev/root is mounted as ext2. If you are using the -386 flavour then this is a

Re: EXT3 questions

2002-04-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Michael Meskes wrote on Tue Apr 30, 2002 um 01:23:52PM: > > Recent Ext3 driver hides the file, no matter how it was created. If you > > still see it, it is either a bug, or the partition is mounted with Ext2. > > cat /proc/mounts says: > > /dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0 > /dev/hda7 /disks/old

Re: EXT3 questions

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Meskes
Sorry, hit reply to fast, my last mail was incomplete. I just did a mkinitrd to create a new initrd, changed my lilo.conf, ran lilo and rebooted, but nothing changed. The ext3 module is loaded but unused and /proc/mounts says /dev/root is mounted as ext2. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-M

Re: EXT3 questions

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Meskes
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 12:22:48PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > It should work with any of Herberts 2.4.x-* kernels,-bf2.4 and > 2.2.20-udma100-ext3. IIRC you have to rebuild the initrd (for > initrd-based kernels) once. > How did you check this? Do not trust "mount", look in /proc/mounts. I did

Re: EXT3 questions

2002-04-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Michael Meskes wrote on Tue Apr 30, 2002 um 11:48:42AM: > - Is it possible to use ext3 for the root partition with the stock > debian kernel? My ext3 roots work nicely with a hand made kernel but It should work with any of Herberts 2.4.x-* kernels,-bf2.4 and 2.2.20-udma100-ext3. IIRC

EXT3 questions

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Meskes
Hi, I'm experiencing with ext3 it appears I have some questions that maybe anyone of you can answer: - Is it possible to use ext3 for the root partition with the stock debian kernel? My ext3 roots work nicely with a hand made kernel but the stock Debian one just mounts the partition ext2. Isn