On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:03:05 +1000 Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 15 December 2001 04:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] enunciated: > > Net Llama wrote: > > % --- Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [mondo snippage] > > > > % > 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. > > > > -j creates a EXT3 journal file on the FS, thus creating an EXT3 > FS. > > > > Kurt > > Do you not have to call this with tune2fs -j /dev/hdxx ? > Nope. mke2fs -j /dev/xxx works aok. I do use tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 /dev/xxx as soon as it has been made so that I won't ever hear from fsck. I'm still clueless about why sometimes I need to reboot and sometimes not. -- Collins Richey Denver Area - 12DEC2001 - WWTLRD? gentoo_rc6 k2.4.17-pre8+ext3+xfce+sylpheed+galeon _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
