In article <20030125111005$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dave Selby" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Im planning to turn my ext2 to an ext3 .... after a system crash due to a > winmodem driver running with dependency problems .. > > OK I get the bit about > > tune2fs -j /dev/hda2 > > I dont get the bit about > > touch /forcefsck ???? > > touch changes the file timestamps ? I cant find a reference to forcefsck in > its man or info pages. Is it a switch of some kind ? > > I can understand doing a fsck, but this command sequence has thrown me !! > > Can anyone shed light ??
Hello Dave, where did you read to do a "touch /forcefsck"? In my opinion this command only creates a file called "forcefsck" in the root directory if not already there. Not more or less. I can only guess that by issuing this command, you turn off further file system checks at boot. But I can not believe that this works that way (see point 4) below). In the past I also converted from ext2 to ext3 by doing the following: 1) Compile ext3 support into your kernel 2) tune2fs -j /dev/hda2 3) Modify your /etc/fstab to use ext3 4) Deactivate all further checks as they are no longer needed: tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 /dev/hda2 So I think that your "touch /forcefsck" should do what I have done in point 4). Greetings, Manuel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]