On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 the mental interface of Gerard Robin told: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 08:03:16AM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > "Gerard" == Gerard Robin <robin.jag@free.fr> writes: > > > > Gerard> tune2fs -j /dev/hdb3 worked fine for me (I use > > Gerard> kernel-2.4.18...deb) but after that, I stopped badly > > my Gerard> machine and when I rebooted, the time to clean > > /dev/hdb3 Gerard> is about the same as before. Thanks to > > all who responded Gerard> to me. > > > > Besides the tune2fs command you need to update /etc/fstab and > > change ext2 to ext3 at the appropriate places. If you are using > > the stock 2.4.18 that should be all, but verify with 'cat > > /proc/mounts' that you really do have ext3. > > 'cat /proc/mounts' : > > /dev/root.old /initrd cramfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0 proc > /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /boot > ext2 rw 0 0 /dev/hda4 /mnt ext2 rw 0 0 > > 'cat /etc/fstab' : # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> > <dump> <pass> /dev/hdb3 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 > 1 /dev/hdb2 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc > defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto > defaults,user,noauto 0 0 # /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 > defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 > defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 # /dev/cdrw /cdrw iso9660 > defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/scd1 /cdrw iso9660 > defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 rw > 0 2 > > there is not ext3 ? > > in "/boot/config-2.4.18-386" there is : CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m > > and 'modconf' gives : ext3 + > > but perhaps I have to recompile the kernel whith CONFIG_EXT3-FS=y > ? Of course! Try it. Ciao Elimar -- Excellent day for drinking heavily. Spike the office water cooler;-)
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