Re: ReiserFS + 2.4.4
>> I'm not sure about reiserfs but at least ext3 does replays logs on
>> read only filesystem. I'm going to check if it so with reiserfs.
>>
>> Here http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20010119_103.html#1 you can
>> find some discussion why on jornaling filesystems log can be replayed
>> even if filesystem is mounted as read only.
OD> Thanks; I'll check it out.
OD> If it really does, then my system is okay now.
OD> BTW, if it's read-only and you can still write something on the
OD> filesystem, why is it called read-only...? (I'm a bit dazed and
OD> confused...)
It is called read-only because user programs that work at level of
files and directories can't write on mounted filesystem. Tools that
mount filesystem work on lower level.
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