Re: journaling file system on thinkpad?

[Dave Swegen <dswegen@software.plasmon.com>]

On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 10:39:55AM -0500, Jeremy Turner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> You should be able to do:
> `tune2fs -j /dev/hdxx`
> 
> It will create a .journal in the root of the partition.  If you want the
> journal file hidden, unmount the partition and do it again.  You'd
> probably need a rescue disk to do this with your root partition.
> 

Don't forget to modify /etc/fstab to use ext3 rather than ext2. You
probably want to look at the recent-ish thread about battery life,
noflushd and journaling filesystems.

Cheers
    Dave


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