Re: Synching volumes on logout -- tune2fs
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:23:23 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 at 09:15 GMT, David Baron penned:
>> Should I so choose to convert to ext3: What options do I give this
>> program? I have one big-linux partition (as opposed to separates /etc,
>> /usr, etc.) and the swap partition. I do not quite undersatnd the
>> options in the -h listing.
>>
>
> I'm not sure I understand your question, but if I do, you want to run
> tune2fs -j on your big linux partition. Swap is a totally different
> "filesystem" whose format you do not want to change.
>
> The one kicker is that you can't have the partition mounted while you're
> converting it. The easiest solution is probably to boot into knoppix,
> run the command from there, and then boot back into your normal
> configuration.
>
> Also, to actually use ext3, your kernel needs to be able to handle ext3,
> and your fstab needs to explicitly be set to use it.
>
> Ooh, here *I* have a question. Just noticed that I have my ext3 root
> partition mounting as 'auto' in my fstab. My other ext3 partitions are
> mounting as 'ext3,ext2' (in case the kernel isn't ext3-aware, I can
> still mount them as ext2). What is 'auto's behavior in this situation?
> Will it choose ext3 or ext2?
With "auto", mount will probe the superblock to get the filesystem type.
cf. "man mount"
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....................paul
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