Hello Linux Tard wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to mount a ReiserFS file system read only > from a SATA drive. Unfortunately the mount results in > a change to the file system (the journal count is > incremented?). > > Is there a way to mount a ReiserFS file system truly > read only, such that *no* changes occur (IE, the > authentication, MD5/SHA1 matches pre and post > mounting)? > > Perhaps an undocumented mount option? Or are we > forced to change the mount_id increment in the > journal.c code to '0'? IF we change this code, how > dangerous is this? >
I think you can avoid mount_id increment when there were no transactions replayed on mounting.
