Amit, thanks. I got the hint, that I probably had built the ext3 extension as a module. Stupid me, I really did!. thanks! Lukas On Thu, 04 Apr 2002, Amit D Chaudhary wrote: > 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 > > > -- 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
