Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-20 Thread Paul Morgan
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:00:55 +, Pigeon wrote: >> >> 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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Vineet Kumar
"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 -- To

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 06:54:20AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > 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 mou

WARNING Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Paul Morgan
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:22:42 -0600, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > > > 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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Monique Y. Herman
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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Michael D Schleif
* 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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Paul Morgan
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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Monique Y. Herman
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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-19 Thread Paul Morgan
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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-18 Thread Faheem Mitha
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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-18 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 01:51:28PM -0700, Doug Holland wrote: Content-Description: signed data > 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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-18 Thread Paul Morgan
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

Re: checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-18 Thread Doug Holland
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

checking whether partition mounted as ext3

2004-01-18 Thread Faheem Mitha
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.