On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:01:51 +1000
Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 15 December 2001 03:27, Net Llama enunciated:
>
> > > Yes, I know, but here no fdisk or change to partition tables, just
> > > creting an empty fs - one works, one doesn't.
> >
> > Hrmmm...what's the '-j' switch? I can't find any reference to it in
the
> > man page.
>
> Have no idea if this has any bearing, seeing it works on one and not the
> other.
> The -j switch is used by tune2fs to install a journel to the ext2 fs and
> enable it as ext3. I am unsure as i cannot find the switch as applied to
ext2.
and the answer is:
root:~# mke2fs -?
mke2fs 1.25 (20-Sep-2001)
mke2fs: invalid option -- ?
Usage: mke2fs [-c|-t|-l filename] [-b block-size] [-f fragment-size]
[-i bytes-per-inode] [-j] [-J journal-options] [-N
number-of-inodes]
[-m reserved-blocks-percentage] [-o creator-os] [-g
blocks-per-group]
[-L volume-label] [-M last-mounted-directory] [-O feature[,...]]
[-r fs-revision] [-R raid_opts] [-qvSV] device [blocks-count]
the -j option for mke2fs debutted in 1.20. Caldera has 1.19.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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