first, what is the proper protocol for changing an ext3 filesystem back to ext2? i just read a posting on the ext3-users mailing list that suggested part of the procedure was to mount the filesystem read-only, but i don't see why that would be necessary. as far as i knew, it is sufficient to unmount the filesystem, run "tune2fs" to remove the journal, then remount as type ext2, no?
on a more temporary note, as long as the ext3 filesystem was unmounted cleanly, is it safe to just re-mount it as type ext2? i'm assuming that doing this would leave the hidden .journal file where it is, it just wouldn't be using it. finally, is there a way to tell if an unmounted filesystem is ext2 or ext3? since the journal file is represented by a "hidden" inode, it's not clear how you could tell if a filesystem already has journalling. certainly, "fdisk" doesn't make that distinction. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
