Re: concerning ext3fs

2001-10-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Vineet Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011020 14:30]: > > ... It's now my formal recommendation: use "ext3,ext2" to specify the > fstype for an ext3 partition in /etc/fstab. This will allow it to be > mounted as ext3 if possible, or ext2 by non-ext3-aware kernels. (It's > better than using 'auto' bec

Re: concerning ext3fs

2001-10-13 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Vineet Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011012 08:48]: > * Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011010 12:36]: > > > Thanks for the hint; I hadn't yet noticed mine. Perhaps > > > a better solution is to specify "ext3,ext2" in /etc/fstab > > > instead of auto? > > > > Is that a valid option for fstab ??

Re: concerning ext3fs

2001-10-12 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011010 12:36]: > > Thanks for the hint; I hadn't yet noticed mine. Perhaps > > a better solution is to specify "ext3,ext2" in /etc/fstab > > instead of auto? > > Is that a valid option for fstab ?? I'll let you try it and > report back... How's that ?? ;-) We

Re: concerning ext3fs

2001-10-10 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Thanks for the hint; I hadn't yet noticed mine. Perhaps > a better solution is to specify "ext3,ext2" in /etc/fstab > instead of auto? Is that a valid option for fstab ?? I'll let you try it and report back... How's that ?? ;-) Regards Hall

Re: concerning ext3fs

2001-10-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Marc Becher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011008 12:00]: > hello, > > don't know whether this has been mentioned already. > > In /etc/updatedb.conf debian sets per default PRUNEFS=" ... auto ... ". > > But the docs for ext3fs-patch recommend using auto instead of ext3 in > /etc/fstab, which is a reason

Re: concerning ext3fs

2001-10-08 Thread Marc Becher
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 02:08:12PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:27PM +0200, Marc Becher wrote: > > don't know whether this has been mentioned already. > > > > In /etc/updatedb.conf debian sets per default PRUNEFS=" ... auto ... ". > > > > But the docs for ext3fs-patc

Re: concerning ext3fs

2001-10-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:27PM +0200, Marc Becher wrote: > don't know whether this has been mentioned already. > > In /etc/updatedb.conf debian sets per default PRUNEFS=" ... auto ... ". > > But the docs for ext3fs-patch recommend using auto instead of ext3 in > /etc/fstab, which is a reasona