Why not just mount without replaying the journal then? Mount has an ext3 specific option, 'noload':
noload Do not load the ext3 file system’s journal on mounting. -- Casper only scans vfat filesystems for cow files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230703 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs