Lukas, The following information would be needed from you to understand more, [~]dumpe2fs -h /dev/hda3 | grep Journal dumpe2fs 1.25 (20-Sep-2001) Journal UUID: <none> Journal inode: 8 Journal device: 0x0000 and on hda6. Regards Amit Lukas Ruf wrote: > Dear all, > > I followed the instructions found on > http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html > to convert / on several of my boxes to ext3. > > Strange to me, on some boxes it perfectly worked while on others it > didn't. One of the differences found is that on the ok-boxes > mount reports: > /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > /* Settings: > cat /etc/fstab > /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > mount -V > mount: mount-2.11n > */ > > While on the not-ok-boxes, / is mounted from /dev/root but as ext2, > mount reports: > /dev/root on / type ext2 (rw) > /* > cat /etc/fstab: > /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > mount -V > mount: mount-2.11n > */ > > Is it possible that this is due to a primary vs. extended partition > problem? > > If anyone can give me any hint, I would be very grateful! > > Thanks in advance, > > Lukas > -- > Lukas Ruf Swiss Federal Institute of Technology > Office: ETZ-G61.2 Computer Engineering and > Phone: +41/1/632 7312 Networks Laboratory (TIK) > Fax: +41/1/632 1035 ETH Zentrum > PGP 2.6: ID D20BA2ED; Gloriastr. 35 > Fingerprint 6323 B9BC 9C8E 6563 B477 BADD FEA6 E6B7 CH-8092 Zurich > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ext3-users@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users >