On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:00:55 +, Pigeon wrote:
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>> Like I said, running "mount" will tell you how the FS is mounted. It does
>> not "echo what is in /etc/fstab". When it mounts an FS, it writes an
>> entry in /etc/mtab describing the mount. Of course it's going to look
>> similar to the f
"Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Anyone know how to safely convert an ext3 FS to ext2?
Have you tried booting with rootfstype=ext2 on the kernel command line?
You shouldn't have to touch the journal on the filesystem; just tell
the kernel not to use it.
mahalo,
Vineet
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 06:54:20AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 02:39:14 +, Faheem Mitha wrote:
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> > On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:00:51 -0500, Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Running "mount", as you suggest, will tell you with which options the FS
> >> was mou
Quoting Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:22:42 -0600, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> > Anyone know how to safely convert an ext3 FS to ext2?
>
> A quick google (hint, hint) turns up this:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200302/msg02782.html
>
Be sure
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:22:42 -0600, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
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>
>
> 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?
A quick google
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
> negotiat
On 2004-01-19, Paul Morgan penned:
>
> I wasn't talking about the type but the device. Apparently there's a
> default device compiled into the kernel according to the bootparam
> manpage, `root=...' section. Now I read it again, it seems to
> indicate that if one builds one's own kernel, the defa
* Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:01:19:02:39:14+] scribed:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:00:51 -0500, Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:28 -0700, Doug Holland wrote:
> >
> >> Run mount at the command line, with no arguments, and it'll tell you which
> >> f
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:43:51 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On 2004-01-19, Paul Morgan penned:
>>
>> With regard to booting: if you don't specify the root filesystem at
>> boot time, how is the OS going to find it? There is, apparently a
>> default for the root filesystem compiled into the ke
On 2004-01-19, Paul Morgan penned:
>
> With regard to booting: if you don't specify the root filesystem at
> boot time, how is the OS going to find it? There is, apparently a
> default for the root filesystem compiled into the kernel - I don't
> know what it is, but I bet it's probably not very u
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 02:39:14 +, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:00:51 -0500, Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Running "mount", as you suggest, will tell you with which options the FS
>> was mounted, including the journaling mode.
>
> It just seems to echo what is in
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:00:51 -0500, Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:28 -0700, Doug Holland wrote:
>
>> On Sun 18 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Faheem Mitha wrote:
>>> Dear People,
>>>
>>> Just wondering if anyone knows of a easy and definitive way to
>>> determine whether a s
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 01:51:28PM -0700, Doug Holland wrote:
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> On Sun 18 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> > Dear People,
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone knows of a easy and definitive way to
> > determine whether a specific mounted partition is ext2 or ext3
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:51:28 -0700, Doug Holland wrote:
> On Sun 18 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Faheem Mitha wrote:
>> Dear People,
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone knows of a easy and definitive way to
>> determine whether a specific mounted partition is ext2 or ext3, and if
>> ext3, whether is mounted as "o
On Sun 18 Jan 2004 1:16 pm, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> Dear People,
>
> Just wondering if anyone knows of a easy and definitive way to
> determine whether a specific mounted partition is ext2 or ext3, and if
> ext3, whether is mounted as "ordered data" or "journal". Currently, I
> look at the boot messa
Dear People,
Just wondering if anyone knows of a easy and definitive way to
determine whether a specific mounted partition is ext2 or ext3, and if
ext3, whether is mounted as "ordered data" or "journal". Currently, I
look at the boot messages, but they are not always clear.
Thanks in advance.
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