Re: ext2/ext3 filesystems
Quoting Sebastian Kapfer <s.kapfer_usenet@gmx.net>:
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:00:23 +0100, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
>
> > During the boot, I get the following warning:
> >
> > Partition check:
> > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [1021/255/63] p1 p2 p3
> > ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,1)
>
> Sounds like the kernel investigating whether the root partition should be
> mounted as ext3 (in case a journal is found) or ext2. I think this is not
> a warning, but a normal message when the kernel is compiled with static
> ext3 and the root fs is ext2. I'm not sure how to read the (3,1) notation,
> but Paul's mail looks good :-)
>
I think you are right. I put a journal on the root partition and now
there is a appropriately different message at the same point in the
boot process. ext2 and ext3 are both modules in this kernel.
Jeffrey
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