Re: Re: ext3 in 2.4.15

["Paolo Falcone" <fallenlordx@edsamail.com.ph>]

Robert L. Harris wrote:

>If I want to convert a blank disk to ext3, compile the kernel then
>what?  Is there a simple how to?

make an ext2 filesystem from that partition by
issuing

    mkfs -t ext2 -j -c0 -i0 /dev/your_disk_no

This will also create a journal inode then disable the 180-day forced 
FS checks in ext2. It's your responsibility, however, to do the
filesystem checks.

You need to have a kernel with ext3 support (like linux-2.4.15pre2
and higher). As well as an upgraded e2fsprogs.

You can modify your /etc/fstab should you want to use your ext3
partition as ext3 and not backward compatible with ext2. just change
the ext2 FS type with ext3, then modify the check parameter from 
the default of 1 to 0 to disable the FS checks.

Paolo Alexis Falcone

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