On Saturday 19 July 2003 02:06 pm, Bill Mullen wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, R N dev wrote: > > > tune2fs -j /dev/hda5 > > > > Can i do it without umounting my device? i read this before but i > > remenber someone who said to umount partition. > > TTBOMK, you need for the partition to be unmounted when you do this. > > Since it's your root filesystem, perhaps the best way to accomplish this > is to boot to the rescue system on MDK CD #1 (by hitting F1 at the first > splash screen, then typing "rescue" at the prompt), then choosing "Go to > console" at the ensuing menu, and running this command from there. > > Be aware that the true cause of the filesystem failing those periodic > checks has not yet been determined, and could well be due to one or more > of any number of factors, such as bad disks, bad or poorly connected > cabling, memory that is failing, or something else entirely. While this > may mask the symptoms of that problem, it doesn't really solve it.
Angelo: Do what Bill said. I got a little quick with my first posting. My case was a little different from your's: Somehow my 9.1 installation ended up with ext3 on /, but ext2 on /usr and /home. Since running an unjournalled filesystem during thunderstorm season is Not a Good Idea (TM), I converted /usr and /home as described earlier -- tune2fs -j /hdbx, edit fstab. Everything is working just fine. Also, I rebooted after making the changes. (Yeah, I know that's windowsey, but I'd rather learn that the system has become unbootable now than a few days down the road.) Bill: I've noticed is that the maximum mount counts for the / partition are set to -1 (never do a filecheck), but for two partitions that were converted to ext3 have maximum mount counts of 21 and 29 (one will be checked every 21st boot, the other every 29th boot). Should these be reset to -1? Or does that depend upon my paranoia level? -- cmg
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