Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs
How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Thanks eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:37:22 -0700 (PDT), Eric Wagar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Thanks eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] I used Hilux (http://oss-us.sns.ro/Hilux.html) to install Woody on my laptop. It's an updated Woody installer that includes XFS and updated drivers among other things. It worked well for me. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs
Eric Wagar wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Thanks eric Boot a Knoppix CD and do a chroot install -Roberto Sanchez signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs
How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Boot a Knoppix CD and do a chroot install What is a chroot install? You mean boot Knoppix and then within one of its shells, to load the Debian CD's and install? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Friday 15 October 2004 22:29, Eric Wagar wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Boot a Knoppix CD and do a chroot install What is a chroot install? You mean boot Knoppix and then within one of its shells, to load the Debian CD's and install? Hi, Use chroot install to install the Knoppix to a hard drive. Knoppix is based on Debian, so I assume Roberto means chroot install using just your Knoppix CD, that's it. (Never tried it myself, though, I installed Debian from the internet, using 2 floppies.) Sylvain. -- wxWidgets config: WX 2.4.2 / GTK 2 / gcc 3.3.3 -- Lernu! http://www.lernu.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sylvain Vedrenne wrote: On Friday 15 October 2004 22:29, Eric Wagar wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Boot a Knoppix CD and do a chroot install What is a chroot install? You mean boot Knoppix and then within one of its shells, to load the Debian CD's and install? Hi, Use chroot install to install the Knoppix to a hard drive. Knoppix is based on Debian, so I assume Roberto means chroot install using just your Knoppix CD, that's it. (Never tried it myself, though, I installed Debian from the internet, using 2 floppies.) Sylvain. I may be missing something, but you suggest to install Knopix over Debian? I have to admit I do not have all the previous conversation in my mail box. Sorry for that. I usually just read and try to learn, so when I am doing something and run into problem I go into my saved disscusition and pull the one out. ed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Friday 15 October 2004 22:57, linux wrote: Use chroot install to install the Knoppix to a hard drive. Knoppix is based on Debian, so I assume Roberto means chroot install using just your Knoppix CD, that's it. [..] Sylvain. I may be missing something, but you suggest to install Knopix over Debian? I have to admit I do not have all the previous conversation in my mail box. Sorry for that. I usually just read and try to learn, so when I am doing something and run into problem I go into my saved disscusition and pull the one out. ed. Well...I didn't suggest anything, actually. I just tried to answer your question on chroot install. Better ask Roberto for more details. Regards, Sylvain. -- wxWidgets config: WX 2.4.2 / GTK 2 / gcc 3.3.3 -- Lernu! http://www.lernu.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs
Eric Wagar wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Boot a Knoppix CD and do a chroot install What is a chroot install? You mean boot Knoppix and then within one of its shells, to load the Debian CD's and install? Check out these sites: http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html#s-linux-upgrade http://trilldev.sourceforge.net/files/remotedeb.html Essentially, the chroot install allows you to install Debian from within an already installed system. Since the Woody installer issuch a pain, I find it much easier to do a chroot install if that is what I need to install. Additionally, Knoppix natively supports XFS, so you can make XFS partitions and install to them. It also lets you have a fully functional system at your disposal while the Debian install is proceding. I.e., you can browse the web or do other stuff. Let me know if you need fruther clarification. HTH, -Roberto Sanchez signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Install/Upgrade/Use ext3 or xfs
On Friday 15 October 2004 09:37 am, Eric Wagar wrote: How do I install and use ext3 or xfs filesystems from the initial install? I see a lot of documentation on how to convert, but I'd like to get them running from the beginning. Thanks eric Install Sarge, xfs (and ext3) are part of the kernel tree for 2.4 2.6. Woody has to many work arounds/backports for a modern Gnu/Linux system. -- Greg C. Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
Robin, How do I place the module on the initrd? On woody, at least, make sure it's listed in /etc/mkinitrd/modules. Note that if /etc/fstab indicates that / is to be mounted as ext3, mkinitrd will detect this and automatically load the requisite modules without having to create entries in /etc/mkinitrd/modules. So if you are building a new kernel with make-kpkg that is intended to support ext3 on / you should change /etc/fstab prior to installing your new initrd equipped kernel. This is of course provided / actually supports ext3 which can be turned on via tune2fs -j /dev/root-partition Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 00:30:25 -0700 (PDT) Lars Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My woody system has the pre-compiled debian kernel-image 2.4.17-k7. Is support for ext3 compiled into this kernel? If so, is it correct that all I do to upgrad is, tune2fs -j /dev/... and replace ext2 in /ect/fstab by ext3 ? Just curious (I'm not really into file systems): Why should I want ext3 instead of ext2? Is it speed, stability? Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 10:50:47AM +0200, Tim Dijkstra wrote: Just curious (I'm not really into file systems): Why should I want ext3 instead of ext2? Is it speed, stability? One reason: Journalling. Basically writes on the filesystem happens as transactions. So if the one transaction gets interrupted (power failure etc.) the filesystem can be returned to a previous correct state. It also means fsck happens extremely quickly :) -- Danie Roux *shuffle* Adore Unix -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Tim Dijkstra wrote: Just curious (I'm not really into file systems): Why should I want ext3 instead of ext2? Is it speed, stability? A little of both. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 02:06:22AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Tim Dijkstra wrote: Just curious (I'm not really into file systems): Why should I want ext3 instead of ext2? Is it speed, stability? A little of both. I thought ext3 might be a little bit slower especially under heavy load. It has got extra work to do. But I may be wrong... Another by product of ext3 is that you will have less disk space available using ext3 than ext2 - also less than reiserfs. Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch And they questioned Him, saying ...Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? ...And He said to them ...render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. Luke 20:21,22,25 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:15:38 +0200 Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 02:06:22AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Tim Dijkstra wrote: Just curious (I'm not really into file systems): Why should I want ext3 instead of ext2? Is it speed, stability? A little of both. I thought ext3 might be a little bit slower especially under heavy load. It has got extra work to do. But I may be wrong... Another by product of ext3 is that you will have less disk space available using ext3 than ext2 - also less than reiserfs. Let I put the question differently: Is it recommended for me to upgrade the file systems on my desktop and 'small' server to ext3 or should I stick with ext2. Or is this really a depends-can't say-see for yourself question? Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 01:26:49PM +0200, Tim Dijkstra wrote: Let I put the question differently: Is it recommended for me to upgrade the file systems on my desktop and 'small' server to ext3 or should I stick with ext2. Or is this really a depends-can't say-see for yourself question? Go for ext3. Very little trouble to set it up (1 command, 1 file change, 1 reboot). The advantage is that you severely limit the chance of data corruption. Ok, maybe you would need to install a new kernel as well (if yours doesn't support ext3) :-) -- Danie Roux *shuffle* Adore Unix -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 01:26:49PM +0200, Tim Dijkstra wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:15:38 +0200 Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 02:06:22AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Tim Dijkstra wrote: Just curious (I'm not really into file systems): Why should I want ext3 instead of ext2? Is it speed, stability? A little of both. I thought ext3 might be a little bit slower especially under heavy load. It has got extra work to do. But I may be wrong... Another by product of ext3 is that you will have less disk space available using ext3 than ext2 - also less than reiserfs. Let I put the question differently: Is it recommended for me to upgrade the file systems on my desktop and 'small' server to ext3 or should I stick with ext2. Or is this really a depends-can't say-see for yourself question? I recently switched from ext2 to ext3, and I have had no negative side effects whatsoever. I am using it on a workstation which gets rebooted a lot, so the increased speed of fsck along with faster recovery in case of power-outs[1] is definitely worth it, even if ext3 is slightly slower then ext2 (which I am not even sure is the case). This of course, should be taken with a grain of salt, since I no next to nothing about the inner workings of ext2/ext3. [1] Obviously my workstation isn't connect to a UPS. -- Søren O. pgpYdGkwyOipU.pgp Description: PGP signature
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:39:34 -0700 (PDT) Paul 'Baloo' Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Hall Stevenson wrote: Isn't the .journal file rather important ?? I thought it was some sort of record of your filesystem. What happens if you revert back to ext2, delete the .journal file, and then convert it to ext3 again ?? You get the .journal again. You have to unmount the filesystem to convert it without getting a .journal again. Yes, do *not* delete .journal if you like having a good filesystem. I don't have a .journal. Where is the journal stored in a dot-journal-less system? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrade to ext3 ?
My woody system has the pre-compiled debian kernel-image 2.4.17-k7. Is support for ext3 compiled into this kernel? If so, is it correct that all I do to upgrad is, tune2fs -j /dev/... and replace ext2 in /ect/fstab by ext3 ? Thanks, Lars. %%% Lars Jensen, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV 89512-3999. Tel: 775.673.7113 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
My woody system has the pre-compiled debian kernel-image 2.4.17-k7. Is support for ext3 compiled into this kernel? I know it is compiled into 2.4.18-k7. To see for your kernel, look for the module: /lib/modules/2.4.17-k7/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o If so, is it correct that all I do to upgrad is, tune2fs -j /dev/... and replace ext2 in /ect/fstab by ext3 ? Yes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, David Wright wrote: My woody system has the pre-compiled debian kernel-image 2.4.17-k7. Is support for ext3 compiled into this kernel? I know it is compiled into 2.4.18-k7. To see for your kernel, look for the module: /lib/modules/2.4.17-k7/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o I think ext3 *must* be compiled into the kernel, not as a module, if you want / to be ext3 -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I think ext3 *must* be compiled into the kernel, not as a module, if you want / to be ext3 Oh, yes, this is certainly correct. (I never thought about this because I've never thought to use ext3 for /). And, based on my experience with the stock 2.4.18-k7, I would assume that none of the Debian stock kernels compile in ext3 support static-ly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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on Sun, Apr 14, 2002, Lars Jensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: My woody system has the pre-compiled debian kernel-image 2.4.17-k7. Is support for ext3 compiled into this kernel? $ ls /lib/modules/kernel/kernel/fs/ext3.o ...if it's modular, else: $ grep ext3 /proc/filesystems ...if it's built-in (or the module's already loaded). If so, is it correct that all I do to upgrad is, tune2fs -j /dev/... Yep. and replace ext2 in /ect/fstab by ext3 ? Or: dev mountpoint ext3,ext2 options dump pass ...where the ext3,ext2 will allow mounting as either option, in that order. You can mount your partitions under an old kernel, needs be. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Moderator, Free Software Law Discussion mailing list: http://lists.alt.org/mailman/listinfo/fsl-discuss/ pgpmC3mtvALas.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 02:53:48AM -0700, David Wright wrote: I think ext3 *must* be compiled into the kernel, not as a module, if you want / to be ext3 Oh, yes, this is certainly correct. (I never thought about this because I've never thought to use ext3 for /). And, based on my experience with the stock 2.4.18-k7, I would assume that none of the Debian stock kernels compile in ext3 support static-ly. You can put it in an initrd as well. You just have to make sure it gets loaded before ext2. I don't remember exactly how it's done, but you have to list the module in one of mkinitrd's configfiles, IIRC. [looks] Yes, it's in /etc/mkinitrd/modules. It's comments are pretty clear. -- Note that I use Debian version 3.0 Linux mus 2.4.17mvz4 #1 Fri Mar 15 23:30:15 CET 2002 i686 unknown Matijs van Zuijlen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 11:38, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, David Wright wrote: My woody system has the pre-compiled debian kernel-image 2.4.17-k7. Is support for ext3 compiled into this kernel? I know it is compiled into 2.4.18-k7. To see for your kernel, look for the module: /lib/modules/2.4.17-k7/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o I think ext3 *must* be compiled into the kernel, not as a module, if you want / to be ext3 That's incorrect. It works as a module as long as you place the module on the initrd (like the stock debian 2.4.* kernels do). Robin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Here's a related question: when will those .journal files go away? I have a RH7.2 system which was installed with ext3 and a Debian system which I upgraded to ext3. The RH7.2 has no .journal files, but the Debian machine still has them, even after a few reboots. -- Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
I know it is compiled into 2.4.18-k7. To see for your kernel, look for the module: /lib/modules/2.4.17-k7/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o Actually, this is not true. If using the *stock* 2.4.18-k7 image, it relies on an initrd.img (i.e., and initial ramdisk image). I'm not entirely clear about what this does, but apparently it's a kind of pre-picture of what your kernel is going to look like after it's loaded. You will *definitely* not want to take my word for what the initial ramdisk image does, but these things I can state for certain: 1) My / partition is ext3. 2) The ext3 support in my kernel is MODULAR. Evidence: coffee (boot)$ grep EXT3 config-2.4.18-k7 CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m and % lsmod | grep ext ext3 57248 1 (autoclean) jbd35640 1 (autoclean) [ext3] 3) My / partition is getting mounted as ext3: Evidence: coffee (boot)$ mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda1 on /windows type ntfs (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev) So if you want to just load the 2.4.18-k7 kernel image and run 'modconf', you should be fine. -- Stephen W. Juranich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electrical Engineering http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic University of Washingtonhttp://ssli.ee.washington.edu/ssli /\ || \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN || NO ATTACHMENTS X AGAINST HTML MAIL || NO STATIONERY / \ AND POSTINGS|| NO GRAPHICS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
Robin, How do I place the module on the initrd? Thanks, Lars. On 14 Apr 2002, Robin Putters wrote: On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 11:38, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, David Wright wrote: My woody system has the pre-compiled debian kernel-image 2.4.17-k7. Is support for ext3 compiled into this kernel? I know it is compiled into 2.4.18-k7. To see for your kernel, look for the module: /lib/modules/2.4.17-k7/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o I think ext3 *must* be compiled into the kernel, not as a module, if you want / to be ext3 That's incorrect. It works as a module as long as you place the module on the initrd (like the stock debian 2.4.* kernels do). Robin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] %%% Lars Jensen, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV 89512-3999. Tel: 775.673.7113 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
begin [EMAIL PROTECTED] quotation: Here's a related question: when will those .journal files go away? I have a RH7.2 system which was installed with ext3 and a Debian system which I upgraded to ext3. The RH7.2 has no .journal files, but the Debian machine still has them, even after a few reboots. That's why; if you create a new filesystem as ext3 from the start, the .journal file is not visible. Or, if you convert an unmounted filesystem, it will also not be visible. If you convert a mounted filesystem, it is. If you want it to go away, back up the data, blow away the filesystem, and recreate it as ext3. Or, mount it as ext2, blow away the .journal file, umount it, and convert it. -- Shawn McMahon| McMahon's Laws of Linux support: http://www.eiv.com | 1) There's more than one way to do it AIM: spmcmahonfedex, smcmahoneiv | 2) Somebody thinks your way is wrong pgp4PJSpuCQ95.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a related question: when will those .journal files go away? I have a RH7.2 system which was installed with ext3 and a Debian system which I upgraded to ext3. The RH7.2 has no .journal files, but the Debian machine still has them, even after a few reboots. Not sure what strange trickery RH7.2 did to do that, but the .journal files won't go away unless you reinstall fresh on an ext3 filesystem to begin with. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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* Paul 'Baloo' Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020414 20:27]: On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a related question: when will those .journal files go away? I have a RH7.2 system which was installed with ext3 and a Debian system which I upgraded to ext3. The RH7.2 has no .journal files, but the Debian machine still has them, even after a few reboots. Not sure what strange trickery RH7.2 did to do that, but the .journal files won't go away unless you reinstall fresh on an ext3 filesystem to begin with. Isn't the .journal file rather important ?? I thought it was some sort of record of your filesystem. What happens if you revert back to ext2, delete the .journal file, and then convert it to ext3 again ?? Hall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Hall Stevenson wrote: Isn't the .journal file rather important ?? I thought it was some sort of record of your filesystem. What happens if you revert back to ext2, delete the .journal file, and then convert it to ext3 again ?? You get the .journal again. You have to unmount the filesystem to convert it without getting a .journal again. Yes, do *not* delete .journal if you like having a good filesystem. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Shawn == Shawn McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Shawn If you want it to go away, back up the data, blow away the Shawn filesystem, and recreate it as ext3. Or, mount it as ext2, Shawn blow away the .journal file, umount it, and convert it. In a semi-related question, is there a way to change the / partition to ext3 and keep the .journal file hidden? Without booting from a book disk, since I don't have a bootable disk drive, nor a CD burner. (Running a Mac PowerBook.) Or is that not even recommended? Marshal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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begin [EMAIL PROTECTED] quotation: In a semi-related question, is there a way to change the / partition to ext3 and keep the .journal file hidden? Without booting from a book disk, since I don't have a bootable disk drive, nor a CD burner. (Running a Mac PowerBook.) To the best of my knowledge, there is no way to unmount the root filesystem on a running system, without rebooting with a different root filesystem. If you have a partition you don't mind doing without, you could install Linux on it and boot it, but otherwise, I'd suggest getting a USB floppy from a friend. -- Shawn McMahon| McMahon's Laws of Linux support: http://www.eiv.com | 1) There's more than one way to do it AIM: spmcmahonfedex, smcmahoneiv | 2) Somebody thinks your way is wrong pgpVdArThkAq5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
Lo, on Sunday, April 14, Lars Jensen did write: Robin, How do I place the module on the initrd? On woody, at least, make sure it's listed in /etc/mkinitrd/modules. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 15 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a semi-related question, is there a way to change the / partition to ext3 and keep the .journal file hidden? Without booting from a book disk, since I don't have a bootable disk drive, nor a CD burner. (Running a Mac PowerBook.) Files whose name starts with . are hidden... -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
