On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 08:30:39PM +1000, Russ Pitman wrote: > Have only just managed to install Debian 2.1, after giving up > many times. > Now mostly it all works, all I need to do is hang in there. > > Normally using redhat, I now need to shift configurations etc > but when in deb. and I try to mount any linux partition that is not > debian, mount balks with this error > --------- > $ mount -t ext2 /dev/hda9 /rh6 > > EXT2-fs: 03:09: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional > features > mount: wrong filesystem etc. etc. > or too many etc. etc. ( the usual complaint) > ---------- > Working out of redhat there is no problem in mounting other > distributions partitions/filesystems, at least I haven't had any to > date and the result is the same from fstab > > Is this a known problem, will an upgrade fix things. I am > currently using RH 6.2.Have I missed some changes in the ext2 fs?
Believe this is the more recent change in ext2 filesystem structure. There's some new sparse superblock things and a different default block size. Debian 2.1 is getting a bit old. Since you've just installed, and probably don't have too much invested in your Debian setup, I'd suggest immediately upgrading to Potato (aka "frozen"). Simply change you apt sources (/etc/apt/sources.list) to point to something like: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free (pick an appropriate mirror...) Then do "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get dist-upgrade". If you installed alot of software this'll take a long time over a modem. But the newer software should make it worthwhile. -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.