Re: configuring ext3 (was Re: new twist on shutting down and restricting ssh users)
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:13:08AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) [020306 19:12]:
> > I've got 2.4.17 on all my systems. (2.4.18 is out now, but not
> > packaged last I checked) Are there any tricks or gotchas to setting
> > it up? Here's what I know (I did include support in the kernel) :
> > o /etc/fstab -- s/ext2/ext3/
>
> try this instead: s/ext2/ext3,ext2/
>
> This means that the kernel will attempt to mount it as ext3, and if that
> doesn't work it'll try ext2. That means that if you later try to boot
> with a non-ext3-aware kernel you won't have to change anything: it'll
> still boot just fine, only without journaling.
>
I like this but there is one reminder on this. You need to create
fsck.ext3,ext2 symlink to have clean boot on ext3 system.
I have some article on this in "Debian reference" below.
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