Quoting Michael D Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you want to know what the running OS is using, look to /proc : > > cat /proc/self/mounts > > If that still tells you `ext3/ext2', then I suspect that the kernel and > the filesystem have some kind of (code) agreement to dynamically > negotiate -- but, that is only a guess ;> > > hth >
An oddity: maelstorm:/proc# more mounts /dev2/root / ext3 rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /dev/hda2 /home ext2 rw 0 0 maelstorm:/proc# mount /dev/hda1 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda2 on /home type ext2 (rw) The first command claims root is ext3. The second claims root is ext2. I suspect the former is correct. I converted the original ext2 FS to ext3 and am now trying to revert. The journal file is still there and during the boot sequence, the kernel is probing for the root partition FS type. /etc/fstab says: /dev/hda1 / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda2 /home ext2 defaults 0 2 /etc/mtab says: /dev/hda1 / ext2 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/hda2 /home ext2 rw 0 0 The auto-probed FS type from boot persists in spite of the value in fstab. As to why revert to ext2, after conversion to ext3 and serveral other changes, the hard disk stays on all the time. I'm trying to figure out why. Anyone know how to safely convert an ext3 FS to ext2? Jeffrey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]