Re: ext 3 partitions (was Re: SOLVED :-) Re: error on root filesystemDEBIAN WON'T BOOT )

[Kent West]

Joris Huizer wrote:

I did the tune2fs stuff but when I change the ext2 to
ext3 in /etc/fstab I get weird stuff: errors about the
kernel not being able to handle it or something and
the boot stops soon after that; (vi isn't even found,
I have to use sed to change the /etc/fstab back again
(in case it states it's ext2 the boot is successfully.

Ah, sorry; didn't think about you possibly using a 2.2x kernel. I believe you'll need a 2.4x kernel to use ext3. If you want to stick with 2.2, just leave your /etc/fstab set to ext2 and go on with life; you don't need to "undo" your "tune2fs -j" procedure.

Kent



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