Sokme exra information I should have included: The box is running RH7.1, the kernel is 2.4.9-12, as built from the .src.rpm, but with change to the config (but no additional patches)
Version of stuff that is relevant: [jpolley@bigmark jpolley]$ rpm -q e2fsprogs e2fsprogs-1.23-1.7.1 [jpolley@bigmark jpolley]$ rpm -q util-linux util-linux-2.11f-17 [jpolley@bigmark jpolley]$ rpm -q mount mount-2.11m-1 e2fsprogs is the latest redhat have released for 7.1 (up2date is your friend (even if it does suck, compared to apt-get)) mount is the version from rawhide, as suggested by the ext3fs howto (google for ext3, it's about the 3rd link) and other sources util-linux is the latest provided for RH7.1 - I went to install the version from rawhide, but mysteriously, the rawhide version is only version 2.11f-16 also, I have actually changed fstab, it now reads: [jpolley@bigmark jpolley]$ cat /etc/fstab LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 but there's still no joy with ext3 (an dyes, i have rebooted) On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Zhasper wrote: > Greetings! > > I've just moved all the filesystems in my box to ext3... or at least, I > thought I had... > > This is a box I've just built to test a few things on quickly.. however, I > thought I'd set up ext3 quickly first, because I've only done it a few > times before and a bit of practice never hurts.... > > What I've done is this: > > A) Recompiled kernel, making sure the ext3 support is compiled straigh > into the kernel, not as a module > B) run tune2fs on the partitions to create the journal, edited /etc/fstab > to set all fstypes to 'auto', rebooted > > If I now run mount, I get this (trimed for brevity): > > [root@bigmark /root]# mount > /dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw) > /dev/sda2 on /boot type ext3 (rw) > > this information is the same as in mtab: > > [root@bigmark /root]# cat /etc/mtab > /dev/sda6 / ext3 rw 0 0 > /dev/sda2 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 > > however, looking at /proc/mounts, i get this: > > [root@bigmark /root]# cat /proc/mounts > /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0 > /dev/sda2 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 > > > this raises two questions: > > A) wtf is /dev/root? > [root@bigmark /dev]# ls root > ls: root: No such file or directory > > it's not anything that exists, that i can see > > Secondly, is it ext2 or ext3? > > I asked in #slug, someone pointed me to a URL which I don't have handy at > the moment... however, points to note (and points which mean that that > post is not relevant to me): > > * This is a custom-compiled kernel (although admittedly based on RH7.1's > default config, witha all the stuff i don't need stripped out) > * I don't have ext3 is a module, it's built into the kernel.. This > precludes the obvious suggestion that the root FS is ext2 because the ext3 > driver isn't loaded > * I'm not looking at /etc/fstab to determine that i'm using ext3 - i'm > relying on /proc/mounts and /etc/mtab to determine what FS i'm using... > > It would appear that /proc/mounts is to be believed in this instance... > I'm awatre taht /etc/mtab can be incorrect (you can easily, for instance, > force mount(8) not to lis the fs i loads into /etc/mtab)... > > but if /proc/mounts is to be believed, then why am I using ext2 rather > than ext3? > > Any pointers anyone can give are greatly appreciated > > > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
