You were right, even after making the changes, it seems to be telling lies:
# mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext2 (rw,usrquota) [...] However, I think I am still not mounting as ext2: # dmesg | grep 'Kernel command' Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hda2 rootfstype=ext2 # cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0 /sys /sys sysfs rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 rw 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs rw,noexec 0 0 none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0 Do I need to mess with the initrd? My grub lines look like this: title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358smp) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358smp ro root=/dev/hda2 rootfstype=ext2 initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358smp.img title Fedora Core-up (2.6.5-1.358) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=/dev/hda2 rootfstype=ext2 initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img Thanks, Alberto On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 21:25 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:08:16 -0600 > Alberto Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have an ext3 filesystem that has been having problems > > with its journal. The result is that the file system > > remounts internally as read-only and the server becomes > > unusable, even shutdown does not work, using up 100% of > > the CPU but not rebooting. > > > > I found some postings indicating that mounting it as > > ext2 should fix the problem, as it doesn't appear to be > > a hardware issue. > > > > So, I decided to mount everything as ext2. Mount shows this: > > > > # mount > > /dev/hda2 on / type ext2 (rw,usrquota) > > none on /proc type proc (rw) > > none on /sys type sysfs (rw) > > none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > > usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) > > /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) > > none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,noexec) > > none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) > > sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) > > > > But now I still get the error: > > > > # dmesg > > [...] > > EXT3-fs error (device hda2) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted > > EXT3-fs error (device hda2) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted > > EXT3-fs error (device hda2) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted > > EXT3-fs error (device hda2) in start_transaction: Journal has aborted > > [...] > > > > > > The kernel is: > > > > # uname -a > > Linux hyperweb.net 2.6.5-1.358smp #1 SMP Sat May 8 09:25:36 EDT 2004 > > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > mount(8) tells lies. Look in /proc/mounts and you'll see that it's really > mounted as ext3. > > You probably want to add `rootfstype=ext2' to the kernel boot command line. > -- Alberto Alonso Global Gate Systems LLC. (512) 351-7233 http://www.ggsys.net Hardware, consulting, sysadmin, monitoring and remote backups - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/